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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Seventy-seven men’s athletes and 63 women’s athletes will represent the Southland Conference at the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country South Central Regional Championships on Friday morning at Texas A&M’s Dale Watts ’71 Cross Country Course.
The women's 6K race begins at 9:15 a.m. CT while the men's 10K starts at 10:15 a.m. The top two teams and the first four finishers in the race not associated with those two teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, held Nov. 17 in Madison, Wis.
Incarnate Word, one of 12 Southland men’s teams who will compete at the regional race, leads the way with 11 entries. Central Arkansas, the 2018 Southland Conference champion, entered nine individuals, followed by five institutions with seven racers.
Two-time defending Southland Conference individual champion Jamie Crowe headlines Lamar’s entry card, along with teammate Jordan Rowe, the league’s Newcomer of the Year. The duo finished first and second with times of 25:59.1 and 26:17.5, respectively, at last month’s conference championship. Crowe is the top returning athlete from last year’s regional championship, finishing 15th with a time of 30:30.5.
On the women’s side, UIW also paces the league with 11 student-athletes set to compete, while McNeese sends nine runners to College Station. Southland Conference champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi joins Lamar, Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin with seven entries.
Just the second individual champion from A&M-Corpus Christi, Allyson Girard looks to carry momentum from her victorious time of 22:15.6 at the conference championship. New Orleans’ international-transfer Arina Kleshchukova, the league’s Newcomer of the Year, is the Privateers’ lone entry. McNeese’s Gladys Jerotich is the top returning female after finishing 33rd with a time of 20:58.1 in 2017.
For a full list of entries, box draws, course maps and more, visit the
South Central Regional Championships Homepage, courtesy of host institution Texas A&M.
Southland Conference Men’s Entries (77)
Abilene Christian (3) – Levi Chambers, Drew Cummings, Travis Nichols
Central Arkansas (9) – Thomas Cain, Brock Collins, Jared Hamilton, Jaron Hamilton, Alex Hanson, Hunter Henderson, Julien Jeandree, Alonzo Pollum, Markus Schweikert
Houston Baptist (2) – Stephen Aguilar, Enoch Ramirez
Incarnate Word (11) – Garrett Cortez, Christopher Gonzalez, Deion Hardy, Spencer Herbstritt, Adam Herrera, Baptiste Jard, Tyler Martin, Aldo Nava, Israel Orihuela, Jorge Quintero, Christopher Winski
Lamar (7) – Matthew Arnold, Jamie Crowe, Nejc Ferle, Kyle Garcia, Jack Gooch, Jordan Rowe, James Stockings
McNeese (6) – Miguel Lopez-Barrera, Aaron Gilliam, Niall Holt, Markus Kopp, Damian O’Boyle, Daniel Saina
New Orleans (7) – Kaleb Chanet, Mark Golay, Lucas Marcello, Nicholas Phillips, Alec Snell, Ethan Suire, Chandler Sullivan
Nicholls (6) – Cam Carter, Teril Cooper, Daniel Figueroa, Tyler Granger, Jonathan Hernandez, Dustin Worley
Southeastern Louisiana (5) – Zachary Barthel, Anthony Cordero, Adam Cortez, Grant O’Callaghan, Bryant White
Sam Houston State (7) – Sergio Armendariz, Alex Hernandez, Jordan Leon, Michel Leo, Jeffrey Moore, Cameron Theriot, David Zavala
Stephen F. Austin (7) – Awet Beraki, Pedro Flores, Titus Kiplagat, Maxwell Murphy, Erick Rotich, Chris Shirk, Grant Tiff
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (7) – Steven Galli, Andrew Gandy, Matthew Lara, Oscar Leyva, Juan Salinas, Marek Spriesterbach, Isaac Vargas
Southland Conference Women’s Entries (63)
Abilene Christian (3) – Briahna Gerlach, Carnley Graham, Hannah Marut
Central Arkansas (1) – Gracie Hyde
Houston Baptist (2) – Jessica Rabius, Naomi Simei
Incarnate Word (11) – Andrea Abeyta, Itzel Alcantar, Ivette Alcanter, Dominique Allen, Elizabeth Alvarado, Stephanie Diaz, Alia Henderson, Megan Hernandez, Danielle Martinez, Katherine Ramirez, Emily Wilson
Lamar (7) – Katie Buckley, Julie Emmerson, Sarah Foster, Mya Taylor, Katy Whiteoak, Mollie Williams, Sophie Wood
McNeese (9) – Alex Eykelbosch, Jessica Fox, Sally Hughes, Imogen Hull, Gladys Jerotich, Sara Lamdendola, Alissa Lander, Estela Pina, Jordan Waine
New Orleans (1) – Arina Kleshchukova
Nicholls (6) – Eleana Callejas, Isabelle Caron, Julia Garcia Verges, Faith Keter, Joyce Kiplagat, Lara Reifers
Northwestern State (2) – Emily Blanchard, Isabella Hudson
Sam Houston State (7) – Hailey Chorn, Sandy Clarkin, Lizzy Duenes, Rebeca Gonzalez, Hanna Sanchez, Hannah Tarrant, Cryslan Tucker
Stephen F. Austin (7) – Alexis Antkowiak, Claire Crone, LaSean Davis, Carolyn Evans, Elizabeth Guerra, Kelsey Ramirez, Taryn Surratt
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (7) – Alana Blankenship, Valentina Campos, Allyson Girard, Marissa Martinez, Morgan McCutchen, Samantha Miller, Cynthia Quiroga