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Head coach Clay Tarter has won multiple state championships at Guthrie High
School, but the Hall of Fame coach has never had a season quite like this year.
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The BlueJays will go for win number
seven when they participate in the pre-state race, in
Edmond, at Mitch Park. Photo
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The Jays cross country team has won each team race they have competed in this
season, including this weekend's OSU Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater. The win in
Stillwater marks six wins in six races for the top ranked BlueJays.
The Jamboree held 12 different races that ranged from college to junior high and
fielded over 1400 runners combined.
Tarter said that he has never had a team start out this way in all of his years
coaching at Guthrie. Tarter and former GHS principal Earl Sykes helped start the
cross country program several decades ago and to this day is one of the top
programs in the state.
Leading the charge for the Jays was senior Jason Ogan, who finished with a time
of 17:01, with a finish of 12th place overall in a field that almost 250 runners
in the 5A/4A division. Hunter Sallee was the second Jay to cross the line as the
14th finisher with a time of 17:10.
The top two spots were held by Canyon High School based out of Texas.
Zack Cates (21st), Jared Ogan (22nd), Jonathan Ogan (26th), Colin Betchan
(44th), and Kolt Rineheart (59th) helped pace the Jays to victory.
Overall, Guthrie finished with 86 total points while second place Canyon HS
finished with 121 team points.
Deer Creek, who is expected to push the Jays for the 5A state title and is
currently ranked second, finished third with a score of 128. 3rd ranked Bishop
McGuinness is also expected to compete for the title finished sixth overall with
a team score of 177.
In the girls 3200 meter run, Guthrie's Rachel Roberts finished 13th overall with
a time of 12:12 and was the sixth Oklahoma girl to cross the line. Chelsey
Seinsson from Greenhill School won the race with a ridiculous time of 10.31.
Guthrie will compete in another big run this Friday (October 9th) at the
pre-state race to be held on the Mitch Park course, in Edmond, that will host
the state championships.
Guthrie is the defending 5A Track and Field state champions and last won a cross
country boys title in 1994. In total, the boys program has won five team titles
and the girls program has won one back in 2003.
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