ARLINGTON– The UT Arlington women's cross country team has been tabbed at no. 3 in the 2025 WAC Cross Country Pre-Championship Coaches' Top 3 Poll as announced by the conference on Monday.
 
The Mavericks have been led by freshman Dorcas Jepkosgei who finished the regular season with a pair of second place finishes and one first place finish in her first year repping the orange and blue.
 
The Kenyan native opened the 2025 season with a bang, capturing a 16:43.5 time in the women's 5k at UTA's very own Gerald Richey Invitational on Sept. 5. There, Junior Matro Jepkemboi also posted a strong finish of fourth place with a time of 17:19.5. As a team, the women's squad went on to tab their best finish of the season of 3rd.
 
Jepkosgei and Jepkemboi saw their best finishes at the well-known Texas A&M Invitational back on Sept. 13 where the pair came away with first and second place outings. Jepkosgei's tremendous winning time of 16:46.0 in the women's 5k marked a new course record for the Aggies' event as Jepkemboi captured a solid time of 17:00.5 - fourth all time - which went on to earn second-place honors.
 
The women's team came in at no. 15 in the NCAA DI Women's Cross Country South Central Regional Preseason Poll and have remained ranked for four consecutive weeks in the regular season.

NEXT UP
The Mavs return to action with the WAC Cross Country Championships that will be hosted by UTA at Harold Patterson Sports Complex on Friday, Oct. 31.
 
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