BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University's cross country teams are making their second trip to College Station this season, this time to compete in the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational. The Arturo Barrios Invitational will take place Friday at the Watts Cross Country Course.
Both the men's and women's teams placed 10th at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in their previous meet. The women totaled 332 points in the 6,000-meter race and recorded three top-100 finishes from
Ashton Rainey (43rd, 21:35.5), Sara Vershure (77th, 22:31.7) and
Aubrey Garcia (96th, 23:11.1).
The men scored 313 points in the 8,000-meter race and placed four runners in the top 100, led by
Ryan Servantes (67th, 25:30.2),
Adrian Hahn Vadstein (74th, 25:41.0),
Alexis Rodriguez (88th, 25:55.8) and
Guillaume Dupre (90th, 25:57.1).
The Cardinals will be one of 24 teams in this meet along with A&M, Abilene Christian, Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Houston Christian, UL Lafayette, LSU New Orleans, McNeese, Nicholls, North Texas, Odessa College, Richmond, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Texas Tech, UIW, UT Arlington, UT Rio Grande Valley, UTSA and Youngstown State.
The men will open things with the 8K race at 8:15 a.m., followed by the women's 6K race at 8:50 a.m.
