WACO – The UT Arlington cross country team concluded its season on Friday morning as they competed in the NCAA South Central Regional Championships hosted by Cottonwood Creek Golf Course.
The women put together a solid showing to place 15th with 412 points while the men landed in 20th with a score of 411.
Three runners really stood out in the race as they earned Top 50 finishes as seniors
Charlotte Murphy and
Valeria Diaz-Gonzales led the way on the women's side while
Marquentin Barnes was terrific on the men's side.
"Charlotte keeps improving every week while Valeria really finished off the fall season with a nice effort," said Head Coach
John Sauerhage. "Marquentin showed a lot of heart in his run this morning. I am looking forward to the indoor season."
Murphy continued her stellar showing in the latter half of the season as she set a new personal record in the 6k with a run of 21:47.1 to place 33rd overall, leading the Mavs pack. Diaz-Gonzales also set a new personal best as placed 43rd with a time of 22:02.9.
Senior
Madeleine Rowe was next to cross the line at 23:19.9 followed by
Mathilde Ruud at 23:39.0 and
Claire Compher at 24:47.2.
On the men's side, Barnes was outstanding as he shattered his personal best by nearly a minute in the 10k with a time of 32:10.0 to lead the Mavs with an individual finish of 35th.
Sophomore
Tyler Rodriguez broke into the Top 100 with a time of 33:33.6 and placing 90th followed by freshman
Alfredo Corona in 94th at 33:46.7.
Sophomore
Patrick Estes checked in with a time of 34:17.9 while sophomore
Jacob Ye came in at 34:46.0.
With the season complete, the cross country athletes will turn their attention to the upcoming track season beginning with indoors. The first meet will come on Jan. 14, 2022 as the Mavs will compete at the Ted Nelson Invitational in College Station.
Men
1) Texas: 35
2) Arkansas: 39
3) Arkansas State: 166
4) Lamar: 200
5) Rice: 201
6) Texas A&M: 237
7) McNeese: 242
8) North Texas: 253
9) New Orleans: 292
10) Texas A&M-CC: 307
11) Central Arkansas: 322
12) Texas State: 332
13) Incarnate Word: 346
14) Stephen F. Austin: 353
15) UT-Rio Grande Valley: 360
16) LSU: 373
17) Baylor: 389
18) Sam Houston: 401
19) Abilene Christian: 406
20) UT Arlington: 411
21) Tulane: 527
Women
1) Arkansas: 27
2) Rice: 96
3) Texas: 101
4) LSU: 116
5) Abilene Christian: 135
6) Texas A&M: 182
7) Arkansas State: 202
8) SMU: 232
9) New Orleans: 244
10) Texas A&M-CC: 298
11) Baylor: 300
12) Incarnate Word: 340
13) McNeese: 396
14) Houston: 407
15) UT Arlington: 412
16) Nichols: 424
17) Central Arkansas: 436
18) Sam Houston: 510
19) Stephen F. Austin: 532
20) UT-Rio Grande Valley: 548
21) North Texas: 562
22) Lamar: 593
23) Texas State: 642
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