The Official Blog of OC Athletics
Monday, June 30, 2008
Oklahoma Christian track and field and cross country coach Mark Thompson was recently featured in an article in the The Edmond Sun. Thompson is still a competitive runner on the world-class level.
To read the complete story, click here.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Click the icon below to watch a video interview with David Lynn, who is resigning after nine years as head golf coach at Oklahoma Christian.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Texas A&M University’s Andrea Pavan defeated OC’s Rhein Gibson 1-up Thursday in the second round of match play at the British Amateur Championship, hosted by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
Gibson, a four-time NAIA All-American at Oklahoma Christian, had defeated Florida State University’s Jonas Blixt in the first round to advance to Thursday’s play.
After defeating Gibson, Pavan went on to beat Steven McEwan 2&1 in the third round to move into Friday’s quarterfinals. The tournament winner will automatically qualify for the Masters on the PGA Tour.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
OC’s Rhein Gibson beat Florida State University’s Jonas Blixt 1-up Wednesday in the first round of match play at the British Amateur Championship, hosted by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
Gibson, a native of Australia who just completed his OC career as a four-time NAIA All-American, will play Italy’s Andrea Pavan in Thursday’s second round. Pavan is a junior at Texas A&M University.
Blixt was a first-team Ping All-American on an FSU squad that was ranked seventh in the NCAA this year. The Swede was one of 20 players (along with Oklahoma Christian’s Bruno Buccolo) named to the 2008 All-Nicklaus Team, which honors the top college players in the United States from the NCAA and NAIA combined.
The tournament features six rounds; the second and third rounds will be played Thursday, followed by Friday’s quarterfinals and semifinals, and Saturday’s championship. The tournament winner will automatically qualify for the British Open and the Masters on the PGA Tour.
Click here for the latest results from the British Amateur.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Oklahoma Christian’s Rhein Gibson was one of 64 players to qualify for match play at the British Amateur Championship, hosted by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
Gibson, from Lismore, Australia, tied for 24th with a 6-over-par 148 in the two qualifying rounds in Turnberry, Scotland.
Gibson will play Florida State’s Jonas Blixt in the first round of match play. Blixt, who hails from Sweden, was one of 20 players (along with OC’s Bruno Buccolo) named to the 2008 All-Nicklaus Team, which honors the top college players in the United States.
The tournament features six rounds; the second and third round will be played Thursday, followed by Friday’s quarterfinals and semifinals, and Saturday’s championship. The tournament winner will automatically qualify for the British Open and the Masters on the PGA Tour.
Click here to get the latest results from the British Amateur.
Monday, June 16, 2008
DAVID LYNN, Head Golf Coach
Well, the last month of the season just flew by. We played our national tournament the second week of May in Plymouth, Indiana. The tournament went well with the exception of the second round. We shot 287-307-282-292 and finished second of 27 teams to the University of British Columbia. So, I guess technically we are Continental United States NAIA national champions! The winner beat us on the second day by 26 strokes to beat us overall by 12, so the second day really sunk our hopes of a national championship. However, we stood in eighth place after two rounds and fought back to finish second, beating our all of our conference rivals, etc.
All five guys were recognized as All-Americans. Bruno, Fernando and Rhein were all first-team selections, Axel made the second team, and Oscar made the third team. This made Bruno and Rhein four-time first-team All-Americans, which I am very proud of. For Fernando it was his third honor in three years. Fernando tied for third at our national championship - 69-74-71-72 (-3) - to tie the best finish of any OC golfer ever. All in all, it was a very productive season and, although we came up short of our ultimate goal, I am very proud of the guys.
Thank you so much to everyone that donated to the program this year. To be honest, I was blown away by your generosity. We did some special things over the past year and I couldn’t be more happy with the involvement of our benefactors. I owe a big debt of gratitude to my biggest supporters: Greg Lynn and Mark Trimble. Through their kindness and friendships, I have met many of you. We couldn’t have accomplished any of the things we have at OC without those relationships.
Lastly, I have decided to step down as men’s golf coach. I have been working with Phidippides Capital for the past three years in addition to my golf duties. The opportunity has presented itself to do this work fulltime and I couldn’t be more excited about this upcoming challenge. This is a great opportunity for me and my family that I want to take full advantage of. I am very torn because I have enjoyed my time at Oklahoma Christian so much and being around all of you and the kids has been such a blessing for me. I will always support the team and school 100 percent.
Thank You So Much!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Oklahoma Christian’s Bruno Buccolo and Axel Ochoa finished 1-2 at the Knights Tournament, a top amateur tournament in their home country of Argentina.
Buccolo, ranked 55th in the world on the amateur level, shot a 216 over the three rounds at Olivos Golf Club to edge his OC teammate by two strokes.
Buccolo wrapped up his decorated OC career last month as a four-time NAIA All-American and three-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Ochoa won second-team NAIA All-America honors as a freshman this past year.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
OC assistant cross country and track and field coach Mark Thompson ran a personal-record 1:50.7 in the 800 meters at the American Milers meet in Indianapolis on June 9. Click here to watch the race.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Oklahoma Christian soccer signee Matt Lambert was named the Arkansas Boys Soccer Player of the Year by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on Sunday.
Playing at Central Arkansas Christian in Little Rock, Lambert accumulated a state-record 37 goals in 2008. He also owns the state career record with 101 all-time scores. Central Arkansas Christian took home the Class 4A state championship behind Lambert this season.
Lambert was also named to the All-Arkansas Boys Soccer Team on Sunday.
To read the complete story of Lambert being named player of the year, click here.
To see the 2008 All-Arkansas Boys Soccer Team, click here.
Oklahoma Christian baseball players Josh Balch and Jordan Price lead the Midwest City Outlaws with five home runs apiece this summer. Balch swatted three bombs in a two-game span last week.
For the complete story of the players’ recent games, click here.