The Houston Cougars cross country team wrapped up its regular season Friday, Oct. 16 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station, with varying results.
After finishing third at the Texas A&M Invitational on Sept. 11, the women’s team finished 13th in the 6k with 453 points. Juniors Cadence Patterson, Addison Hite, Julia Shimel, Lily Campos and Sophia Nguyen all recorded personal bests.
Patterson led the women’s team with a 45th-place individual finish and a time of 20:22.1, while Hite came in 54th place at 20:36.1.
Shimel and Campos placed 111th and 117th, respectively, with times of 21:10.6 and 21:13.2. Nguyen was the last Cougar to cross the finish line in 146th place with a time of 21:26.1
The men’s team captured third place in the 8k with 173 points, their second podium finish of the season. Just like the women, all the men recorded personal bests.
Junior Henok Hegos led the Cougars with a 14th-place finish at 23:32.6. Seniors Jack Boyd and David Soto finished 18th and 22nd, respectively, with times of 23:39.0 and 23:40.2.
Junior Remay Abraha then came in 46th place with a time of 23:57.4, and junior Caden Thurman was the last Cougar to cross the finish line in 73rd place at 24:15.4
Houston will now prepare for the Big 12 Championship, which takes place in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday, Oct. 31.
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