In 2009, then-Tulsa assistant coach Andrew Maloney was searching the internet like he normally did, checking out times and reading about young runners who could possibly compete for the Golden Hurricanes. It was then that Maloney told head coach Steve Gulley about someone they had never heard of: Chris O'Hare, a high schooler from Scotland who had run 3:48 in the 1,500m and 14:49 in the 5,000m.
That fall, O'Hare enrolled at Tulsa, arguably the most important recruit the Golden Hurricanes ever signed.
The Scottish runner went on to become a cross country All-American and set the NCAA record in the indoor mile. Perhaps even more importantly, O'Hare's accomplishments created a pipeline of runners from the United Kingdom and Ireland who have enrolled at Tulsa and made the school a cross country powerhouse.
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