Cross Country runs Saturday morning at Texas A&M

Saturday, September 22

College Station, Texas

Abilene Christian

Texas A&M Invitational

Photo by: Penny Nichols

Cross Country runs Saturday morning at Texas A&M

9/21/2018 8:27:00 AM | Cross Country

Course Map | Men's Entries | Women's Entries

ABILENE – Abilene Christian's men's and women's cross country teams will be part of a crowded and talented field Saturday for the Texas A&M Invitational, which features teams from Central Michigan, Georgia State (w), Houston, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Rice (w), Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Tarleton State, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas Southern (m), and Tulane.

Racing begins at 8 a.m. on the Dale Watts Cross Country course with the University men's 8,000m followed by the University women's 6,000m at 8:45 a.m. Admission to the meet is free and results from the various races will be available online at http://www.flashresults.com/2019_Meets/xc/TAMU_Invite/.

The South Central region rankings have the Aggie men leading the Texas A&M Invitational field at No. 3. They are followed by Lamar (No. 6), Houston (No. 12), and Tulane (No. 13) while Central Michigan ranks No. 13 in the Great Lakes region. Among the ranked women's teams are No. 5 TCU followed by Texas A&M (No. 6), Lamar (No. 9), LSU (No. 10), Rice (No. 11), UTRGV (No. 13) and Houston (No. 15).

ACU freshman Kevin Kipkosgei – who has one win and one runner-up showing in two races this season – leads an eight-man Wildcat contingent to College Station. He will be joined by classmates Levi Chambers, Colton Gates and Grant O'Neil, sophomores Seth Crockett and Conner Miller, junior Drew Cummings and senior Travis Nichols.

The Wildcats' women's roster will be composed of junior Carnley Graham, sophomores Briahna Gerlach, Hannah Marut, Alyssa Schroeder, Allison Taylor, Soren Underwood and Aubrey Young, and freshmen Loren Rivera and Sarah Wagler. Graham has led the Wildcats to the finish line at both the ACU Naimadu Classic (first place) and Texas Tech Open (fourth).