DALE WATTS CROSS COUNTRY COURSE COLLEGE STATION ...
Dale Watts Cross Country Course College Station, Texas
NCAA Championship bids on the line as A&M hosts first region meet since 2001 COLLEGE STATION – As Texas A&M serves as MEN host to the NCAA South Central regional meet on Friday the Aggies will be pursuing team and individual National Rankings 8. Arkansas berths into the NCAA Cross Country Championships. rv Texas The region meet begins at 10 a.m. with the women’s rv Texas A&M 6,000-meter race followed by a 10,000-meter race for Region Rankings the men at 11 a.m. on the Dale Watts course. Teams in the region meet are limited to seven runSouth Central ners of which the top five will compute a team score. 1. Arkansas The top two teams earn an automatic berth into the 2. Texas 3. Texas A&M national championship field along with the top four in- 4. Lamar dividuals not associated with a qualifying team. The 5. Stephen F. Austin NCAA Championships will be held on Saturday, No- 6. North Texas vember 21, in Louisville, Kentucky. 7. UT Arlington 8. Rice The men’s battle will likely be between No. 8 Ar- 9. Houston kansas, who has won the past two South Central team 10. McNeese State titles, along with Texas A&M and Texas, who both re- 11. Baylor ceived votes in the national rankings this past week. 12. UTSA The Razorbacks recently claimed the SEC champion- 13. LSU 14. Central Arkansas ship with the Aggies posting a runner-up finish while 15. Texas A&M-CC the Longhorns placed third in the Big 12. Arkansas, who has captured the past four regional team championships, headlines the women’s field as the No. 3 nationally-ranked Razorbacks return the top individual in Dominique Scott, who won the 2014 South Central title and was runner-up in 2013. Scott recently won her third consecutive SEC individual title which coincided with the Razorbacks third consecutive conference team championship. SMU, who received votes in the national rankings, and Rice are expected to contend for the other women’s automatic NCAA team berth. They both return individuals who placed among the top five a year ago. Agnes Sjostrom, who finished third in the 2014 race, was fifth among the Mustang squad as they placed second in the American Athletic Conference while Cali Roper, fifth last season, paced the Owls to a Conference USA team title as she won the individual crown. In the men’s field the top returner is Houston’s Brian Barraza, who placed fourth a year ago after finishing 28th as a freshman. Barraza recently had a fourth-place effort in the American Athletic Conference and won the Texas A&M Invitational on this course in September over an 8,000m distance. Contenders for one of the four individual automatic NCAA qualifying positions also includes SFA’s Charles Mathenge and Troy Taylor of North Texas, who finished seventh and eighth a year ago, along with Lamar freshman Iliass Aouani. In the Southland Conference meet Aouani defeated Mathenge for the individ-
ual title. Earlier in the season Mathenge finished runner-up to Barraza in the Texas A&M Invitational while National Rankings Aouani and Taylor were fourth and fifth. 3. Arkansas This marks the first time since 2001 that Texas rv SMU A&M has hosted the NCAA South Central regional. In 2011 the Aggie men finished second in the regional Region Rankings and placed 18th in the NCAA Championships while the 2008 A&M crew won the South Central title and South Central placed 30th in the NCAA meet. 1. Arkansas 2. SMU The A&M women finished sixth a year ago after 3. Rice three consecutive third-place finishes in the regional. 4. Texas The Aggies last won the South Central women’s team 5. Stephen F. Austin crown in 2000 and went on to place 18th in the NCAA 6. Baylor Championships. 7. Texas A&M 8. Lamar In the SEC Championships the A&M men had 9. North Texas three runners earn second team All-SEC as they 10. Houston placed among the top 15 finishers. Cameron Villarreal 11. UT Arlington led the trio in placing eighth while Alex Riba and Aus 12. UTSA 13. Arkansas State tin Wells finished 13th and 14th amid the 8,000-meter 14. Incarnate Word race on the Watts course. 15. TCU Last year’s region meet had Wells finishing third among the Aggie crew, and 28th in the field, as they raced over a 10k distance. Wells is the top returner from the 2014 regional for the Aggies and he placed 53rd as freshman. Villarreal finished 50th as the fifth A&M runner a year ago and was 59th as a freshman. Karis Jochen, who recently earned first-team All-SEC honors with a fifth-place effort, placed 10th in the regional last year after finishing 22nd as a freshman in 2013. Jochen, seeking one of the four individual NCAA automatic berths, was fifth among individuals contending for the automatic berths a year ago. She placed behind A&M teammates Hillary Montgomery and Grace Fletcher, who both went on to claim All-America honors with a top 40 finish in the NCAA Championship race. Baylor’s Maggie Montoya returns from placing 12th in the 2014 region meet and she recently finished fifth in the Big 12. Another potential challenger is Arkansas-Little Rock freshman Noora Wallenius, who won the Sun Belt title. Other Aggies who competed in the regional meet last season include Christian Farris and Ryan Teel in the men’s race along with Haley Deakins, Katie Pia and Laura Craig in the women’s race. Seven runners for A&M will be selected among an entry squad that also consists of Eli Canal, Elliott Farris, Aaron Murray, Jacob Perry, Colin Stoeber, and Juan Uribe. The women’s squad also includes Hannah Campbell, Kelsey Persyn, Arin Rice, Kaitlin Tanner, Katie Watson and Emily Willingham. WOMEN
Top Returning Athletes - 2014 South Central Region MEN
2014 Region 2013 Region 4 Brian Barraza Junior Houston 28 5 Gabe Gonzales Senior Arkansas 9 6 Alex George Soph Arkansas 7 Charles Mathenge Junior SFA 8 Troy Taylor Senior North Texas 33 9 Cale Wallace Senior Arkansas 13 Jacob Pickle Soph Texas 18 Moses Aloiloi Soph Tulane 19 Cody Brown Senior SFA 19 21 Aidan Swain Junior Arkansas 22 Austen Dalquist Soph Arkansas 23 Eric Ojeda Senior UT-Arlington 66 24 Alex Dunbar Senior Lamar 25 Silvester Harrison Senior North Texas 40 28 Austin Wells Junior Texas A&M 53
WOMEN 2014 Region 2013 Region 1 Dominique Scott Senior Arkansas 2 3 Agnes Sjostrom Junior SMU 21 5 Cali Roper Junior Rice 13 10 Karis Jochen Junior Texas A&M 22 12 Maggie Montoya Junior Baylor 30 15 Shanoah Souza Senior SMU 23 16 Alex Davis Junior Baylor 24 18 Katie Jensen Junior Rice 72 20 Samantha Mohler Junior Arkansas 23 Verity Ockenden Senior Lamar 25 Sandie Raines Junior Texas 20 26 Gabriela Alfonzo Senior UT Arlington 46 27 Holly Archer Senior SMU 50 28 Ann Marie Dunlap Soph Baylor 30 Melanie Stemper Senior SMU 32
NCAA South Central Region - Team Info The following couple of pages includes conference results to show how teams ranked among the top 15 in the South Central region fared. Schools will compete with seven runners in the region meet with the top five compiling the team score. The top two teams earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships along with the top four individuals not associated with a qualifying team. Time Schedule 10 a.m. - Women’s 6k • 11 a.m. - Men’s 10k • Awards Ceremony to follow Dale Watts Cross Country Course • College Station, Texas
American Athletic Conference Team Finish 3 Houston 6 Tulane
Men 101 152
Individuals – 8,000 meters 4 Brian Barraza Junior 9 Yonas Tesfai Senior 10 Moses Aliolio Soph 16 James Broussard Senior 22 Emmanuel Rotich Frosh 25 Chris Lowery Junior 29 Blake Contreras Soph 48 Chris Ibarra Soph
Houston Houston Tulane Houston Tulane Tulane Houston Houston
23:45.1 24:10.4 24:10.6 24:36.3 24:49.4 24:54.1 24:57.4 25:39.6
Women Team Finish 2 SMU 68 8 Tulane 188 9 Houston 201 Individuals – 6,000 meters 7 Holly Archer Junior 8 Shanoah Souza Senior 10 Karoline Skatteboe Senior 17 Emma Newton Soph 20 Rakel Barrientos Frosh 23 Agnes Sjostrom Junior 24 Maddie Brown Soph 26 Lauren Bartels Soph
SMU SMU SMU Tulane SMU SMU Houston Tulane
20:47.8 20:49.3 20:53.4 21:14.9 21:29.9 21:40.5 21:41.1 21:51.9
Baylor Texas Texas Texas Texas TCU Baylor Texas Texas Texas
20:57.4 21:42.0 21:50.1 21:50.5 22:10.5 22:12.8 22:23.9 22:28.4 22:30.5 22:39.3
Big 12 Conference Men Team Finish 3 Texas 83 7 Baylor 184 9 TCU 295 Individuals – 8,000 meters 9 Brady Turnbull Senior 12 Jacob Pickle Soph 18 Connor Hendrickson Soph 20 Alex Rogers Frosh 23 Eric Anderson Soph 24 Nate Moore Junior 35 JR Hardy Senior 44 Kyle Scanlan Senior 45 Matt Parham Soph 51 Matt League Junior
Texas Texas Texas Texas Baylor Texas Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor
24:41.9 24:52.9 25:12.5 25:16.9 25:23.0 25:23.6 25:45.3 26:06.7 26:08.4 26:16.8
Women Team Finish 6 Texas 158 8 Baylor 195 10 TCU 292 Individuals – 6,000 meters 5 Maggie Montoya Junior 23 Sandie Raines Junior 28 Connor Ward Senior 29 Mary Beth Hamilton Soph 38 Kaleigh Ervin Senior 42 Bailey Sullivan Soph 46 Peyton Thomas Junior 49 Alex Cruz Frosh 50 Meghan Lloyd Frosh 53 Hannah Grubb Soph
Conference USA Men Team Finish 3 North Texas 87 4 Rice 97 6 UTSA 155 7 Louisiana Tech 218 Individuals – 8,000 meters 4 Dusan Makevic Junior 8 Will Firth Senior 9 Mike Lowe Soph 12 Bryce McAndrew Senior 15 Bradley Dohner Soph 16 Marco Ruiz Soph 17 Silvester Harrison Senior 21 Grady Frazier Junior 24 Connor Meaux Frosh 28 Cody Campbell Junior
UTSA Rice North Texas North Texas Rice Rice North Texas North Texas Rice North Texas
24:46.8 24:56.1 24:57.9 25:15.0 25:25.5 25:25.8 25:26.6 25:37.6 25:46.0 25:53.8
Women Team Finish 1 Rice 48 7 North Texas 189 8 UTSA 189 13 Louisiana Tech 380 Individuals – 5,000 meters 1 Cali Roper Junior Rice 2 Katie Jensen Junior Rice 10 Elsa Racasan Soph Rice 16 Hannah Kay Junior Rice 19 Abigail Cartwright Frosh Rice 21 Magdalena Escobar Senior North Texas 25 Christina Moralez Soph North Texas 26 Yulisa Abundis Frosh UTSA 31 Fabiola Andujar-Perez Soph Rice 34 Grace Kohler Junior UTSA
17:22.6 17:35.5 17:58.0 18:22.5 18:26.4 18:33.6 18:39.2 18:41.1 18:50.6 18:53.4
Southeastern Conference Men Team Finish 1 Arkansas 28 2 Texas A&M 98 12 LSU 322 Individuals – 8,000 meters 2 Christian Heymfield Junior 3 Frankline Tonui Junior 5 Alex George Soph 6 Austen Dalquist Soph 8 Cameron Villarreal Junior 9 Gabe Gonzales Senior 10 Jack Bruce Soph 13 Alex Riba Soph 14 Austin Wells Junior 17 Cale Wallace Senior 23 Christian Farris Soph 30 Dajour Braxton Frosh 40 Ethan Moen Soph
Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Texas A&M Arkansas Arkansas Texas A&M Texas A&M Arkansas Texas A&M LSU Arkansas
23:25.2 23:32.5 23:36.2 23:36.2 23:43.6 23:47.6 23:49.0 23:54.3 23:56.6 24:04.2 24:17.5 24:29.2 24:47.6
Women Team Finish 1 Arkansas 38 9 Texas A&M 249 14 LSU 436 Individuals – 6,000 meters 1 Dominique Scott Senior Arkansas 5 Karis Jochen Junior Texas A&M 6 Kaitlin Flattmann Senior Arkansas 8 Devin Clark Frosh Arkansas 11 Valerie Reina Junior Arkansas 12 Regan Ward Junior Arkansas 13 Kelsey Schrader Soph Arkansas 20 Sydney Brown Frosh Arkansas 33 Safee Belbina Frosh Arkansas 34 Nikki Hiltz Soph Arkansas 42 Rachel Nichwitz Frosh Arkansas 50 Samantha Mohler Junior Arkansas 52 Kelsey Persyn Soph Texas A&M
19:23.6 19:59.2 20:00.7 20:12.8 20:20.1 20:21.0 20:21.9 20:30.3 20:53.4 20:57.1 21:07.5 21:21.5 21:21.8
Southland Conference Men Team Finish 1 Lamar 27 2 Stephen F. Austin 29 3 McNeese State 79 4 Central Arkansas 129 5 Texas A&M-CC 147 6 Houston Baptist 177 7 Sam Houston State 198 8 Incarnate Word 223 10 Southeast Louisiana 289 Individuals – 8,000 meters 1 Iliass Aouani Frosh 2 Charles Mathenge Junior 3 Nicholas Guerra Senior 4 Colby Mehmen Junior 5 Alex Dunbar Senior 6 Sean Chalmers Soph 7 Gabriel Steffenson Frosh 8 Tobias Riker Senior 9 Jeffrey Weisheit Soph 10 Nathan Jones Soph
Lamar SFA SFA SFA Lamar Lamar Lamar Lamar SFA McNeese St.
24:24.6 24:35.9 24:37.1 24:43.9 24:51.9 25:04.9 25:09.8 25:17.6 25:21.0 25:22.7
Team Finish 2 Stephen F. Austin 3 Lamar 4 Incarnate Word 5 McNeese State 6 Central Arkansas 7 Texas A&M-CC 8 Sam Houston State 9 Houston Baptist 10 Southeast Louisiana Individuals – 6,000 meters 2 Jannika John 3 Verity Ockenden 5 Courtney High 6 Gemma Bridge 8 Shelby Pesek 9 Christian Castaneda 10 Katrina Fite 11 Evelyn Chavez 13 Katja Woelfl 14 Taylor Anderson
Women 52 84 114 130 150 181 194 202 304 Senior Lamar Senior Lamar Soph SFA Senior McNeese St. Senior SFA Senior Incarnate Word Junior SFA Soph Lamar Soph McNeese St. Soph SFA
21:04.5 21:04.9 21:18.1 21:19.9 21:29.4 21:37.6 21:39.5 21:42.3 21:59.8 22:04.3
Sun Belt Conference Team Finish 1 Texas-Arlington 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 Texas State 6 Arkansas State 7 Arkansas-Little Rock 8 Louisiana-Monroe Individuals – 8,000 meters 1 Eric Ojeda 2 Beau Robinson 7 Isaac Lalang 8 Chris Myers 10 Grant Copeland 11 Wilton Norris 12 Jose Angel Gonzalez 14 Matt Rice 15 Tyler Forde 16 Bryce Robinson
Men 52 101 111 113 165 204 Senior UT Arlington Soph UL Lafayette Soph Ark-Little Rock Frosh UT Arlington Junior UT Arlington Senior Arkansas State Soph Texas State Junior UL Lafayette Soph UT Arlington Soph UL Lafayette
25:17.8 25:30.2 25:59.9 26:01.3 26:04.7 26:09.1 26:12.6 26:20.0 26:23.7 26:26.9
Women Team Finish 3 Texas-Arlington 84 5 Arkansas-Little Rock 164 7 Arkansas State 171 9 Texas State 187 10 Louisiana-Lafayette 204 11 Louisiana-Monroe 338 Individuals – 5,000 meters 1 Noora Wallenius Frosh Ark-Little Rock 4 Gabriela Alfonzo Senior UT Arlington 8 Katelyn Hayward Senior UT Arlington 11 Emma Dahl Senior Ark-Little Rock 12 Amica Zitting Soph Arkansas State 13 Devina Schneider Frosh Texas State 17 Courtney Musgrove Junior UL Lafayette 21 Tori Shelton Soph UT Arlington 25 Tamerah Gorham Junior UT Arlington 26 Penny Taylor Frosh UT Arlington
17:51.0 18:13.2 18:21.2 18:37.1 18:53.8 18:54.2 19:05.9 19:20.5 19:33.5 19:34.9
NCAA Championships • South Central Region • Team Finish 2014 Men Women 2013 M W 2012 M W 2011 M W 2010 M W 2009 M W 2008 M W 2007 M W
26 28 15 19
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Baylor
12 14 15 31
Arkansas Texas Arkansas SMU
9 10 18 25
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Texas
11 18 14 26
Texas Texas A&M Arkansas Texas
10 26 20 31
Arkansas Texas Texas Rice
26 28 25 28
Arkansas Texas SMU Baylor
28 30 15 19 20 22
Arkansas Texas A&M Arkansas Baylor SMU Rice
17 23 13 16 17
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Rice Baylor
2006 M W 2005 M W 2004 M W 2003 M W 2002 M W 2001 M W 2000 M W
=5 7 5 29
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Baylor
2 7 15 19 25
Arkansas Texas Baylor Arkansas Rice
3 12 16 22 29
Arkansas Texas Arkansas SMU Baylor
5 =19 25 31
Arkansas Texas A&M Baylor Texas
6 =23 26 7 22
Arkansas Texas Texas A&M Arkansas Texas
3 28 17 28
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Texas
1 22 13 18
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Texas A&M
NCAA South Central Region • Recent Top 10 Finishes Men
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
2014
Arkansas, 42
Texas, 51
Lamar, 106
North Texas, 134
SFA, 164
UTA, 166
Texas A&M, 177
McNeese, 298
Central Ark, 300
Rice, 310
Host
2013
Arkansas, 34
Texas, 37
Lamar, 110
SFA, 154
Rice, 167
North Texas, 185
Texas A&M, 217
UTA, 221
Baylor, 239
A&M-CC, 249
2012
Texas, 38
Arkansas, 53
Texas A&M, 93
McNeese, 157
SFA, 174
Rice, 190
Lamar, 211
A&M-CC, 228
Central Ark, 253
Arkansas-LR, 260
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Waco
2011
Texas, 40
Texas A&M, 56
Arkansas, 65
Lamar, 93
UTSA, 196
Rice, 202
Houston, 214
SFA, 253
A&M-CC, 255
Arkansas-LR, 255
Waco
2010
Arkansas, 30
Texas, 66
Lamar, 102
Baylor, 151
Texas A&M, 166
McNeese, 173
Arkansas-LR, 201
SFA, 215
UTSA, 216
Rice, 265
Waco
2009
Arkansas, 47
Texas, 74
Lamar, 83
Texas A&M, 89
SFA, 159
McNeese, 185
Baylor, 215
Arkansas-LR, 225
UTSA, 225
Rice, 227
Waco
2008
Texas A&M, 39
Arkansas, 44
Lamar, 74
Texas, 112
Rice, 164
Tx-Pan Am, 181
LSU, 212
SFA, 251
A&M-CC, 283
Baylor, 288
2007
Arkansas, 37
Texas, 52
Texas A&M, 101
Lamar, 122
LSU, 188
Baylor, 193
A&M-CC, 200
Rice, 201
Arkansas-LR, 239
North Texas, 262
2006
Arkansas, 24
Texas, 51
Lamar, 96
SFA, 131
Texas A&M, 165
Sam Houston, 180
Baylor, 200
Rice, 230
TCU, 267
UTA, 267
Waco
2005
Arkansas, 33
Texas, 46
Texas A&M, 128
Tx-Pan Am, 147
SFA, 170
LSU, 186
TCU, 227
Texas State, 230
North Texas, 269
La Tech, 270
Waco
2004
Arkansas, 34
Texas, 51
Rice, 65
Houston, 148
SFA, 149
LSU, 168
Baylor, 173
Texas A&M, 226
Sam Houston, 253
La-Lafayette, 263
Waco
2003
Arkansas, 54
Texas A&M, 73
SFA, 77
Texas, 85
Sam Houston, 163
Rice, 180
Baylor, 213
Tx-Pan Am, 271
Houston, 271
A&M-CC, 275
Waco
2002
Arkansas, 47
SMU, 49
Texas A&M, 91
Texas, 97
Baylor, 124
SFA, 168
Arkansas-LR, 175
Houston, 262
A&M-CC, 275
Rice, 288
2001
Arkansas, 56
Texas, 115
Tulane, 125
Baylor, 131
SMU, 134
Texas A&M, 136
SFA, 201
LSU, 203
Rice, 234
Texas State, 243
2000
Arkansas, 45
Texas, 91
Baylor, 141
Texas A&M, 159
Tulane, 167
LSU, 191
TCU, 194
North Texas, 202
McNeese, 203
SFA, 225
Waco Fayetteville
Waco College Station Denton
Women
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
2014
Arkansas, 29
Baylor, 82
SMU, 113
Lamar, 140
Rice, 147
Texas A&M, 176
Texas, 190
North Texas, 217
SFA, 224
Arkansas St., 249
Host
2013
Arkansas, 33
(tie 4-1) SMU, 116
Texas A&M, 116
Texas, 132
UTSA, 154
Baylor, 162
Lamar, 190
Arkansas St., 225
North Texas, 242
Central Ark, 244
2012
Arkansas, 44
Texas, 68
Texas A&M, 140
SMU, 178
UTSA, 187
TCU, 189
Baylor, 217
LSU, 230
Arkansas St., 233
SFA, 255
2011
Arkansas, 49
Texas, 69
Texas A&M, 90
SMU, 128
Rice, 129
Baylor, 182
Lamar, 272
UTSA, 275
SFA, 298
A&M-CC, 302
Waco
2010
Texas, 46
Rice, 71
Arkansas, 98
Baylor, 102
Texas A&M, 139
SFA, 147
SMU, 215
A&M-CC, 242
Lamar, 313
Houston, 327
Waco
2009
SMU, 43
Baylor, 54
Arkansas, 66
Texas, 124
Rice, 172
A&M-CC, 199
Houston, 208
SFA, 233
Texas A&M, 285
McNeese, 300
Waco
2008
Arkansas, 51
(tie 3-2) Rice, 61
Baylor, 61
SMU, 103
Texas, 134
Texas A&M, 186
A&M-CC, 222
TCU, 239
SFA, 246
Houston, 281
2007
Rice, 54
Arkansas, 70
Baylor, 75
Texas A&M, 140
Texas, 148
Lamar, 166
SMU, 169
Ark -LR, 236
Tulane, 239
SFA, 257
2006
Arkansas, 30
Baylor, 83
Texas A&M, 104
Lamar, 140
SMU, 149
Rice, 174
Texas, 179
TCU, 180
SFA, 229
Arkansas-LR, 277
Waco
2005
Arkansas, 45
Baylor, 46
Rice, 78
Lamar, 115
SFA, 159
Texas A&M, 193
A&M-CC, 196
TCU, 240
Texas, 242
LSU, 266
Waco
2004
SMU, 50
Arkansas, 61
Baylor, 81
TCU, 124
Texas A&M, 135
A&M-CC, 211
SFA, 212
Texas, 221
Rice, 248
Lamar, 268
Waco
2003
Texas, 66
Baylor, 68
Arkansas, 70
TCU, 86
Texas A&M, 118
Rice, 148
SFA, 230
A&M-CC, 246
UTA, 264
Lamar, 280
Waco
2002
Arkansas, 29
Texas, 74
Texas A&M, 83
Baylor, 97
Arkansas-LR, 178
Rice, 180
A&M-CC, 204
Houston, 253
TCU, 259
SFA, 324
2001
Arkansas, 36
Texas, 85
Baylor, 98
Texas A&M, 109
TCU, 137
Rice, 145
Arkansas-LR, 200
Houston, 202
Texas State, 288
La-Monroe, 294
2000
Texas A&M, 52
Arkansas, 68
TCU, 89
Baylor, 122
Texas, 129
Sam Houston, 183
Arkansas-LR, 192
Rice, 193
Houston, 230
UTA, 231
Fayetteville Waco Fayetteville
Waco Fayetteville
Waco College Station Denton
NCAA Championship bids on the line as A&M hosts first region meet since 2001 COLLEGE STATION – As Texas A&M serves as MEN host to the NCAA South Central regional meet on Friday the Aggies will be pursuing team and individual National Rankings 8. Arkansas berths into the NCAA Cross Country Championships. rv Texas The region meet begins at 10 a.m. with the women’s rv Texas A&M 6,000-meter race followed by a 10,000-meter race for Region Rankings the men at 11 a.m. on the Dale Watts course. Teams in the region meet are limited to seven runSouth Central ners of which the top five will compute a team score. 1. Arkansas The top two teams earn an automatic berth into the 2. Texas 3. Texas A&M national championship field along with the top four in- 4. Lamar dividuals not associated with a qualifying team. The 5. Stephen F. Austin NCAA Championships will be held on Saturday, No- 6. North Texas vember 21, in Louisville, Kentucky. 7. UT Arlington 8. Rice The men’s battle will likely be between No. 8 Ar- 9. Houston kansas, who has won the past two South Central team 10. McNeese State titles, along with Texas A&M and Texas, who both re- 11. Baylor ceived votes in the national rankings this past week. 12. UTSA The Razorbacks recently claimed the SEC champion- 13. LSU 14. Central Arkansas ship with the Aggies posting a runner-up finish while 15. Texas A&M-CC the Longhorns placed third in the Big 12. Arkansas, who has captured the past four regional team championships, headlines the women’s field as the No. 3 nationally-ranked Razorbacks return the top individual in Dominique Scott, who won the 2014 South Central title and was runner-up in 2013. Scott recently won her third consecutive SEC individual title which coincided with the Razorbacks third consecutive conference team championship. SMU, who received votes in the national rankings, and Rice are expected to contend for the other women’s automatic NCAA team berth. They both return individuals who placed among the top five a year ago. Agnes Sjostrom, who finished third in the 2014 race, was fifth among the Mustang squad as they placed second in the American Athletic Conference while Cali Roper, fifth last season, paced the Owls to a Conference USA team title as she won the individual crown. In the men’s field the top returner is Houston’s Brian Barraza, who placed fourth a year ago after finishing 28th as a freshman. Barraza recently had a fourth-place effort in the American Athletic Conference and won the Texas A&M Invitational on this course in September over an 8,000m distance. Contenders for one of the four individual automatic NCAA qualifying positions also includes SFA’s Charles Mathenge and Troy Taylor of North Texas, who finished seventh and eighth a year ago, along with Lamar freshman Iliass Aouani. In the Southland Conference meet Aouani defeated Mathenge for the individ-
ual title. Earlier in the season Mathenge finished runner-up to Barraza in the Texas A&M Invitational while National Rankings Aouani and Taylor were fourth and fifth. 3. Arkansas This marks the first time since 2001 that Texas rv SMU A&M has hosted the NCAA South Central regional. In 2011 the Aggie men finished second in the regional Region Rankings and placed 18th in the NCAA Championships while the 2008 A&M crew won the South Central title and South Central placed 30th in the NCAA meet. 1. Arkansas 2. SMU The A&M women finished sixth a year ago after 3. Rice three consecutive third-place finishes in the regional. 4. Texas The Aggies last won the South Central women’s team 5. Stephen F. Austin crown in 2000 and went on to place 18th in the NCAA 6. Baylor Championships. 7. Texas A&M 8. Lamar In the SEC Championships the A&M men had 9. North Texas three runners earn second team All-SEC as they 10. Houston placed among the top 15 finishers. Cameron Villarreal 11. UT Arlington led the trio in placing eighth while Alex Riba and Aus 12. UTSA 13. Arkansas State tin Wells finished 13th and 14th amid the 8,000-meter 14. Incarnate Word race on the Watts course. 15. TCU Last year’s region meet had Wells finishing third among the Aggie crew, and 28th in the field, as they raced over a 10k distance. Wells is the top returner from the 2014 regional for the Aggies and he placed 53rd as freshman. Villarreal finished 50th as the fifth A&M runner a year ago and was 59th as a freshman. Karis Jochen, who recently earned first-team All-SEC honors with a fifth-place effort, placed 10th in the regional last year after finishing 22nd as a freshman in 2013. Jochen, seeking one of the four individual NCAA automatic berths, was fifth among individuals contending for the automatic berths a year ago. She placed behind A&M teammates Hillary Montgomery and Grace Fletcher, who both went on to claim All-America honors with a top 40 finish in the NCAA Championship race. Baylor’s Maggie Montoya returns from placing 12th in the 2014 region meet and she recently finished fifth in the Big 12. Another potential challenger is Arkansas-Little Rock freshman Noora Wallenius, who won the Sun Belt title. Other Aggies who competed in the regional meet last season include Christian Farris and Ryan Teel in the men’s race along with Haley Deakins, Katie Pia and Laura Craig in the women’s race. Seven runners for A&M will be selected among an entry squad that also consists of Eli Canal, Elliott Farris, Aaron Murray, Jacob Perry, Colin Stoeber, and Juan Uribe. The women’s squad also includes Hannah Campbell, Kelsey Persyn, Arin Rice, Kaitlin Tanner, Katie Watson and Emily Willingham. WOMEN
Top Returning Athletes - 2014 South Central Region MEN
2014 Region 2013 Region 4 Brian Barraza Junior Houston 28 5 Gabe Gonzales Senior Arkansas 9 6 Alex George Soph Arkansas 7 Charles Mathenge Junior SFA 8 Troy Taylor Senior North Texas 33 9 Cale Wallace Senior Arkansas 13 Jacob Pickle Soph Texas 18 Moses Aloiloi Soph Tulane 19 Cody Brown Senior SFA 19 21 Aidan Swain Junior Arkansas 22 Austen Dalquist Soph Arkansas 23 Eric Ojeda Senior UT-Arlington 66 24 Alex Dunbar Senior Lamar 25 Silvester Harrison Senior North Texas 40 28 Austin Wells Junior Texas A&M 53
WOMEN 2014 Region 2013 Region 1 Dominique Scott Senior Arkansas 2 3 Agnes Sjostrom Junior SMU 21 5 Cali Roper Junior Rice 13 10 Karis Jochen Junior Texas A&M 22 12 Maggie Montoya Junior Baylor 30 15 Shanoah Souza Senior SMU 23 16 Alex Davis Junior Baylor 24 18 Katie Jensen Junior Rice 72 20 Samantha Mohler Junior Arkansas 23 Verity Ockenden Senior Lamar 25 Sandie Raines Junior Texas 20 26 Gabriela Alfonzo Senior UT Arlington 46 27 Holly Archer Senior SMU 50 28 Ann Marie Dunlap Soph Baylor 30 Melanie Stemper Senior SMU 32
NCAA South Central Region - Team Info The following couple of pages includes conference results to show how teams ranked among the top 15 in the South Central region fared. Schools will compete with seven runners in the region meet with the top five compiling the team score. The top two teams earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships along with the top four individuals not associated with a qualifying team. Time Schedule 10 a.m. - Women’s 6k • 11 a.m. - Men’s 10k • Awards Ceremony to follow Dale Watts Cross Country Course • College Station, Texas
American Athletic Conference Team Finish 3 Houston 6 Tulane
Men 101 152
Individuals – 8,000 meters 4 Brian Barraza Junior 9 Yonas Tesfai Senior 10 Moses Aliolio Soph 16 James Broussard Senior 22 Emmanuel Rotich Frosh 25 Chris Lowery Junior 29 Blake Contreras Soph 48 Chris Ibarra Soph
Houston Houston Tulane Houston Tulane Tulane Houston Houston
23:45.1 24:10.4 24:10.6 24:36.3 24:49.4 24:54.1 24:57.4 25:39.6
Women Team Finish 2 SMU 68 8 Tulane 188 9 Houston 201 Individuals – 6,000 meters 7 Holly Archer Junior 8 Shanoah Souza Senior 10 Karoline Skatteboe Senior 17 Emma Newton Soph 20 Rakel Barrientos Frosh 23 Agnes Sjostrom Junior 24 Maddie Brown Soph 26 Lauren Bartels Soph
SMU SMU SMU Tulane SMU SMU Houston Tulane
20:47.8 20:49.3 20:53.4 21:14.9 21:29.9 21:40.5 21:41.1 21:51.9
Baylor Texas Texas Texas Texas TCU Baylor Texas Texas Texas
20:57.4 21:42.0 21:50.1 21:50.5 22:10.5 22:12.8 22:23.9 22:28.4 22:30.5 22:39.3
Big 12 Conference Men Team Finish 3 Texas 83 7 Baylor 184 9 TCU 295 Individuals – 8,000 meters 9 Brady Turnbull Senior 12 Jacob Pickle Soph 18 Connor Hendrickson Soph 20 Alex Rogers Frosh 23 Eric Anderson Soph 24 Nate Moore Junior 35 JR Hardy Senior 44 Kyle Scanlan Senior 45 Matt Parham Soph 51 Matt League Junior
Texas Texas Texas Texas Baylor Texas Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor
24:41.9 24:52.9 25:12.5 25:16.9 25:23.0 25:23.6 25:45.3 26:06.7 26:08.4 26:16.8
Women Team Finish 6 Texas 158 8 Baylor 195 10 TCU 292 Individuals – 6,000 meters 5 Maggie Montoya Junior 23 Sandie Raines Junior 28 Connor Ward Senior 29 Mary Beth Hamilton Soph 38 Kaleigh Ervin Senior 42 Bailey Sullivan Soph 46 Peyton Thomas Junior 49 Alex Cruz Frosh 50 Meghan Lloyd Frosh 53 Hannah Grubb Soph
Conference USA Men Team Finish 3 North Texas 87 4 Rice 97 6 UTSA 155 7 Louisiana Tech 218 Individuals – 8,000 meters 4 Dusan Makevic Junior 8 Will Firth Senior 9 Mike Lowe Soph 12 Bryce McAndrew Senior 15 Bradley Dohner Soph 16 Marco Ruiz Soph 17 Silvester Harrison Senior 21 Grady Frazier Junior 24 Connor Meaux Frosh 28 Cody Campbell Junior
UTSA Rice North Texas North Texas Rice Rice North Texas North Texas Rice North Texas
24:46.8 24:56.1 24:57.9 25:15.0 25:25.5 25:25.8 25:26.6 25:37.6 25:46.0 25:53.8
Women Team Finish 1 Rice 48 7 North Texas 189 8 UTSA 189 13 Louisiana Tech 380 Individuals – 5,000 meters 1 Cali Roper Junior Rice 2 Katie Jensen Junior Rice 10 Elsa Racasan Soph Rice 16 Hannah Kay Junior Rice 19 Abigail Cartwright Frosh Rice 21 Magdalena Escobar Senior North Texas 25 Christina Moralez Soph North Texas 26 Yulisa Abundis Frosh UTSA 31 Fabiola Andujar-Perez Soph Rice 34 Grace Kohler Junior UTSA
17:22.6 17:35.5 17:58.0 18:22.5 18:26.4 18:33.6 18:39.2 18:41.1 18:50.6 18:53.4
Southeastern Conference Men Team Finish 1 Arkansas 28 2 Texas A&M 98 12 LSU 322 Individuals – 8,000 meters 2 Christian Heymfield Junior 3 Frankline Tonui Junior 5 Alex George Soph 6 Austen Dalquist Soph 8 Cameron Villarreal Junior 9 Gabe Gonzales Senior 10 Jack Bruce Soph 13 Alex Riba Soph 14 Austin Wells Junior 17 Cale Wallace Senior 23 Christian Farris Soph 30 Dajour Braxton Frosh 40 Ethan Moen Soph
Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Texas A&M Arkansas Arkansas Texas A&M Texas A&M Arkansas Texas A&M LSU Arkansas
23:25.2 23:32.5 23:36.2 23:36.2 23:43.6 23:47.6 23:49.0 23:54.3 23:56.6 24:04.2 24:17.5 24:29.2 24:47.6
Women Team Finish 1 Arkansas 38 9 Texas A&M 249 14 LSU 436 Individuals – 6,000 meters 1 Dominique Scott Senior Arkansas 5 Karis Jochen Junior Texas A&M 6 Kaitlin Flattmann Senior Arkansas 8 Devin Clark Frosh Arkansas 11 Valerie Reina Junior Arkansas 12 Regan Ward Junior Arkansas 13 Kelsey Schrader Soph Arkansas 20 Sydney Brown Frosh Arkansas 33 Safee Belbina Frosh Arkansas 34 Nikki Hiltz Soph Arkansas 42 Rachel Nichwitz Frosh Arkansas 50 Samantha Mohler Junior Arkansas 52 Kelsey Persyn Soph Texas A&M
19:23.6 19:59.2 20:00.7 20:12.8 20:20.1 20:21.0 20:21.9 20:30.3 20:53.4 20:57.1 21:07.5 21:21.5 21:21.8
Southland Conference Men Team Finish 1 Lamar 27 2 Stephen F. Austin 29 3 McNeese State 79 4 Central Arkansas 129 5 Texas A&M-CC 147 6 Houston Baptist 177 7 Sam Houston State 198 8 Incarnate Word 223 10 Southeast Louisiana 289 Individuals – 8,000 meters 1 Iliass Aouani Frosh 2 Charles Mathenge Junior 3 Nicholas Guerra Senior 4 Colby Mehmen Junior 5 Alex Dunbar Senior 6 Sean Chalmers Soph 7 Gabriel Steffenson Frosh 8 Tobias Riker Senior 9 Jeffrey Weisheit Soph 10 Nathan Jones Soph
Lamar SFA SFA SFA Lamar Lamar Lamar Lamar SFA McNeese St.
24:24.6 24:35.9 24:37.1 24:43.9 24:51.9 25:04.9 25:09.8 25:17.6 25:21.0 25:22.7
Team Finish 2 Stephen F. Austin 3 Lamar 4 Incarnate Word 5 McNeese State 6 Central Arkansas 7 Texas A&M-CC 8 Sam Houston State 9 Houston Baptist 10 Southeast Louisiana Individuals – 6,000 meters 2 Jannika John 3 Verity Ockenden 5 Courtney High 6 Gemma Bridge 8 Shelby Pesek 9 Christian Castaneda 10 Katrina Fite 11 Evelyn Chavez 13 Katja Woelfl 14 Taylor Anderson
Women 52 84 114 130 150 181 194 202 304 Senior Lamar Senior Lamar Soph SFA Senior McNeese St. Senior SFA Senior Incarnate Word Junior SFA Soph Lamar Soph McNeese St. Soph SFA
21:04.5 21:04.9 21:18.1 21:19.9 21:29.4 21:37.6 21:39.5 21:42.3 21:59.8 22:04.3
Sun Belt Conference Team Finish 1 Texas-Arlington 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 Texas State 6 Arkansas State 7 Arkansas-Little Rock 8 Louisiana-Monroe Individuals – 8,000 meters 1 Eric Ojeda 2 Beau Robinson 7 Isaac Lalang 8 Chris Myers 10 Grant Copeland 11 Wilton Norris 12 Jose Angel Gonzalez 14 Matt Rice 15 Tyler Forde 16 Bryce Robinson
Men 52 101 111 113 165 204 Senior UT Arlington Soph UL Lafayette Soph Ark-Little Rock Frosh UT Arlington Junior UT Arlington Senior Arkansas State Soph Texas State Junior UL Lafayette Soph UT Arlington Soph UL Lafayette
25:17.8 25:30.2 25:59.9 26:01.3 26:04.7 26:09.1 26:12.6 26:20.0 26:23.7 26:26.9
Women Team Finish 3 Texas-Arlington 84 5 Arkansas-Little Rock 164 7 Arkansas State 171 9 Texas State 187 10 Louisiana-Lafayette 204 11 Louisiana-Monroe 338 Individuals – 5,000 meters 1 Noora Wallenius Frosh Ark-Little Rock 4 Gabriela Alfonzo Senior UT Arlington 8 Katelyn Hayward Senior UT Arlington 11 Emma Dahl Senior Ark-Little Rock 12 Amica Zitting Soph Arkansas State 13 Devina Schneider Frosh Texas State 17 Courtney Musgrove Junior UL Lafayette 21 Tori Shelton Soph UT Arlington 25 Tamerah Gorham Junior UT Arlington 26 Penny Taylor Frosh UT Arlington
17:51.0 18:13.2 18:21.2 18:37.1 18:53.8 18:54.2 19:05.9 19:20.5 19:33.5 19:34.9
NCAA Championships • South Central Region • Team Finish 2014 Men Women 2013 M W 2012 M W 2011 M W 2010 M W 2009 M W 2008 M W 2007 M W
26 28 15 19
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Baylor
12 14 15 31
Arkansas Texas Arkansas SMU
9 10 18 25
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Texas
11 18 14 26
Texas Texas A&M Arkansas Texas
10 26 20 31
Arkansas Texas Texas Rice
26 28 25 28
Arkansas Texas SMU Baylor
28 30 15 19 20 22
Arkansas Texas A&M Arkansas Baylor SMU Rice
17 23 13 16 17
Texas Arkansas Arkansas Rice Baylor
2006 M W 2005 M W 2004 M W 2003 M W 2002 M W 2001 M W 2000 M W
=5 7 5 29
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Baylor
2 7 15 19 25
Arkansas Texas Baylor Arkansas Rice
3 12 16 22 29
Arkansas Texas Arkansas SMU Baylor
5 =19 25 31
Arkansas Texas A&M Baylor Texas
6 =23 26 7 22
Arkansas Texas Texas A&M Arkansas Texas
3 28 17 28
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Texas
1 22 13 18
Arkansas Texas Arkansas Texas A&M
NCAA South Central Region • Recent Top 10 Finishes Men
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
2014
Arkansas, 42
Texas, 51
Lamar, 106
North Texas, 134
SFA, 164
UTA, 166
Texas A&M, 177
McNeese, 298
Central Ark, 300
Rice, 310
Host
2013
Arkansas, 34
Texas, 37
Lamar, 110
SFA, 154
Rice, 167
North Texas, 185
Texas A&M, 217
UTA, 221
Baylor, 239
A&M-CC, 249
2012
Texas, 38
Arkansas, 53
Texas A&M, 93
McNeese, 157
SFA, 174
Rice, 190
Lamar, 211
A&M-CC, 228
Central Ark, 253
Arkansas-LR, 260
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Waco
2011
Texas, 40
Texas A&M, 56
Arkansas, 65
Lamar, 93
UTSA, 196
Rice, 202
Houston, 214
SFA, 253
A&M-CC, 255
Arkansas-LR, 255
Waco
2010
Arkansas, 30
Texas, 66
Lamar, 102
Baylor, 151
Texas A&M, 166
McNeese, 173
Arkansas-LR, 201
SFA, 215
UTSA, 216
Rice, 265
Waco
2009
Arkansas, 47
Texas, 74
Lamar, 83
Texas A&M, 89
SFA, 159
McNeese, 185
Baylor, 215
Arkansas-LR, 225
UTSA, 225
Rice, 227
Waco
2008
Texas A&M, 39
Arkansas, 44
Lamar, 74
Texas, 112
Rice, 164
Tx-Pan Am, 181
LSU, 212
SFA, 251
A&M-CC, 283
Baylor, 288
2007
Arkansas, 37
Texas, 52
Texas A&M, 101
Lamar, 122
LSU, 188
Baylor, 193
A&M-CC, 200
Rice, 201
Arkansas-LR, 239
North Texas, 262
2006
Arkansas, 24
Texas, 51
Lamar, 96
SFA, 131
Texas A&M, 165
Sam Houston, 180
Baylor, 200
Rice, 230
TCU, 267
UTA, 267
Waco
2005
Arkansas, 33
Texas, 46
Texas A&M, 128
Tx-Pan Am, 147
SFA, 170
LSU, 186
TCU, 227
Texas State, 230
North Texas, 269
La Tech, 270
Waco
2004
Arkansas, 34
Texas, 51
Rice, 65
Houston, 148
SFA, 149
LSU, 168
Baylor, 173
Texas A&M, 226
Sam Houston, 253
La-Lafayette, 263
Waco
2003
Arkansas, 54
Texas A&M, 73
SFA, 77
Texas, 85
Sam Houston, 163
Rice, 180
Baylor, 213
Tx-Pan Am, 271
Houston, 271
A&M-CC, 275
Waco
2002
Arkansas, 47
SMU, 49
Texas A&M, 91
Texas, 97
Baylor, 124
SFA, 168
Arkansas-LR, 175
Houston, 262
A&M-CC, 275
Rice, 288
2001
Arkansas, 56
Texas, 115
Tulane, 125
Baylor, 131
SMU, 134
Texas A&M, 136
SFA, 201
LSU, 203
Rice, 234
Texas State, 243
2000
Arkansas, 45
Texas, 91
Baylor, 141
Texas A&M, 159
Tulane, 167
LSU, 191
TCU, 194
North Texas, 202
McNeese, 203
SFA, 225
Waco Fayetteville
Waco College Station Denton
Women
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
2014
Arkansas, 29
Baylor, 82
SMU, 113
Lamar, 140
Rice, 147
Texas A&M, 176
Texas, 190
North Texas, 217
SFA, 224
Arkansas St., 249
Host
2013
Arkansas, 33
(tie 4-1) SMU, 116
Texas A&M, 116
Texas, 132
UTSA, 154
Baylor, 162
Lamar, 190
Arkansas St., 225
North Texas, 242
Central Ark, 244
2012
Arkansas, 44
Texas, 68
Texas A&M, 140
SMU, 178
UTSA, 187
TCU, 189
Baylor, 217
LSU, 230
Arkansas St., 233
SFA, 255
2011
Arkansas, 49
Texas, 69
Texas A&M, 90
SMU, 128
Rice, 129
Baylor, 182
Lamar, 272
UTSA, 275
SFA, 298
A&M-CC, 302
Waco
2010
Texas, 46
Rice, 71
Arkansas, 98
Baylor, 102
Texas A&M, 139
SFA, 147
SMU, 215
A&M-CC, 242
Lamar, 313
Houston, 327
Waco
2009
SMU, 43
Baylor, 54
Arkansas, 66
Texas, 124
Rice, 172
A&M-CC, 199
Houston, 208
SFA, 233
Texas A&M, 285
McNeese, 300
Waco
2008
Arkansas, 51
(tie 3-2) Rice, 61
Baylor, 61
SMU, 103
Texas, 134
Texas A&M, 186
A&M-CC, 222
TCU, 239
SFA, 246
Houston, 281
2007
Rice, 54
Arkansas, 70
Baylor, 75
Texas A&M, 140
Texas, 148
Lamar, 166
SMU, 169
Ark -LR, 236
Tulane, 239
SFA, 257
2006
Arkansas, 30
Baylor, 83
Texas A&M, 104
Lamar, 140
SMU, 149
Rice, 174
Texas, 179
TCU, 180
SFA, 229
Arkansas-LR, 277
Waco
2005
Arkansas, 45
Baylor, 46
Rice, 78
Lamar, 115
SFA, 159
Texas A&M, 193
A&M-CC, 196
TCU, 240
Texas, 242
LSU, 266
Waco
2004
SMU, 50
Arkansas, 61
Baylor, 81
TCU, 124
Texas A&M, 135
A&M-CC, 211
SFA, 212
Texas, 221
Rice, 248
Lamar, 268
Waco
2003
Texas, 66
Baylor, 68
Arkansas, 70
TCU, 86
Texas A&M, 118
Rice, 148
SFA, 230
A&M-CC, 246
UTA, 264
Lamar, 280
Waco
2002
Arkansas, 29
Texas, 74
Texas A&M, 83
Baylor, 97
Arkansas-LR, 178
Rice, 180
A&M-CC, 204
Houston, 253
TCU, 259
SFA, 324
2001
Arkansas, 36
Texas, 85
Baylor, 98
Texas A&M, 109
TCU, 137
Rice, 145
Arkansas-LR, 200
Houston, 202
Texas State, 288
La-Monroe, 294
2000
Texas A&M, 52
Arkansas, 68
TCU, 89
Baylor, 122
Texas, 129
Sam Houston, 183
Arkansas-LR, 192
Rice, 193
Houston, 230
UTA, 231
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