Oklahoma State Cross Country Dominates Big 12 Championships, Musau Wins Third Straight Individual Title

The top two men’s cross country teams faced off at the Big 12 Championships on Friday morning, and it was the No. 2 Cowboys strolling to another conference title.

Oklahoma State finished with 20 points (low points = better) thanks to OSU runners coming in first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh. Iowa State entered the meet as the No. 1 team in the country, but the Cyclones finished with 43 points thanks to scorers finishing third, fifth, 10th, 12th and 13th. The Big 12 Championship was held in Lawrence, Kansas this season.

Brian Musau, a junior from Machakos, Kenya, continues to be ridiculously good at running long distances. He finished first, running the 8K in 22:53.7. This is the third time (in three tries) Musau has won the individual Big 12 cross country title.

Here are some of the things on Musau’s growing resume:

2025 NCAA Champion (5K)
2025 Indoor NCAA Champion (5K)
2024 Indoor NCAA Champion (DMR)
2025 Indoor Big 12 Champion (3K)
2025 FISU World University Games Champion (10K)
2025 Cross Country Big 12 Champion
2024 Cross Country Big 12 Champion
2023 Cross Country Big 12 Champion
2024 Indoor Big 12 Champion (DMR)

That will certainly play.

OSU’s other scorers were junior Adisu Guadia (second), sophomore Denis Kipngetich (fourth), senior Fouad Messaoudi (sixth) and senior Ryan Schoppe (seventh)

It marks the Cowboys’ 18th conference title in cross country. It’s their 14th in the Big 12 era, and all of those have come since 2008 under coach Dave Smith. Since 2020, the Cowboys have won the Big 12 five times, only missing out on a conference title in 2024.

Smith’s Cowgirls finished fourth in the women’s 6K with 86 points. Freshman Isca Chelangat was the top-placing Cowgirl, finishing in fourth at 19:20.0.

Up next will be the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, which OSU will host Nov. 14 at the Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Court. The NCAA Cross Country Championships are slated for Nov. 22 in Columbia, Missouri.