COLLEGE STATION, Texas – After a successful 2025 season opener, the UT Arlington cross country teams look ahead to the Texas A&M Invitational that is set for Saturday, Sept. 13 from Watts Cross Country Course.
The collegiate men's 8k is slated to begin at 8:00 a.m. with the women's 5k immediately following.
Aside from UTA, the field will consist of host Texas A&M, Blinn College, Dallas Baptist, Houston, North Texas, Ouachita Baptist, Our Lady of the Lake, Prairie View, Sam Houston, SMU, St. Edward's, TCU, UC San Diego and UT Tyler.
This will mark UTA's third consecutive appearance in the Aggies' event as last fall the Mavericks' men placed 7th with the women at 8th.
Last week at the Mavs' Gerald Richey Invitational, the men's squad captured a first-place finish as transfer
Toby Eaton and freshmen
Mateo Doherty and
Kebede Kerlin ranked in the top 10. Eaton paced the Mavs with a time of 15:07.1 for a fourth-place finish as Doherty followed closely behind in fifth with a time of 15:10.7. Kerlin rounded out the top 10 finishers with a solid time of 15:17.6.
Freshman
Dorcas Jepkosgei is coming off her first WAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor after the Kenya native had quite the debut in the orange and blue with a second-place time of 16:43.5, guiding the women to a third-place finish.
Heading into this weekend's meet, head coach John Sauerhage's lineup will consist of the following student-athletes:
Women Men
Linn Adolfsson Rogelio Aguirre
Lauren Baur Mateo Doherty
Dorcas Jepkosgei Toby Eaton
Matro Jepkemboi Brian Guevara
Justina Lusby Alex Kalmar
Emilia Mandl Kebede Kerlin
Krianne McBride Leo LeGrand
Abigail Perez Angel Sanchez
Lauren Walls-Portillo Jameson Stewart
Meet Information
Date: Sept. 13, 2025
Men's 8K / 8:00 a.m.
Women's 5K / 8:35 a.m.
Location: Watts Cross Country Course • 3242 F and B Rd, College Station, TX 77845
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