MEN'S RESULTS     WOMEN'S RESULTS

COLLEGE STATION – McNeese's men's and women's cross country teams posted stellar performances at Saturday morning's Texas A&M Invitational at the Watts XC Course, the same course where the NCAA South Central Region will be run in late October.
 
Led by an overall fifth-place finish by Nathan Jones in the 8,000-meter race, the Cowboys, ranked No. 12 in this week's USTFCCCA South Central Region Poll, had three runners place in the top 20 as the team finished with 110 points, second behind Texas A&M who posted a score of 62.
 
The 18-team field included other regionally ranked teams who the Cowboys beat out such as UT Arlington (ranked third and finished sixth), Lamar (ranked sixth and finished eighth), Rice (ranked seventh and finished third), Texas State (ranked eighth and finished fourth), North Texas (ranked ninth and finished 10^th), ULL (ranked 11^th and finished seventh), Houston (ranked 13^th and finished fifth), and Southeastern Louisiana (ranked 14^th and finished 11^th).
 
Jones posted a time of 24:15.0 for the fifth place finish. Teammate Enrique Soto clocked a time of 24:22.7 to finish 12^th while Brian Flanagan, the winner at last week's LSU Invite, placed 20^th at 24:41.8.
 
Other Cowboy finishers saw Fisher Hamilton place 38^th at 24:57.3, Oliver James in 39^th place at 24:58.3, Niall Holt at 52^nd with a 25:13.4, Daniel Saina 68^th at 25:34.7, and Luke Horgan 71^st at 25:36.0.
 
Rice followed the Cowboys in third place with 67 points while Texas State finished fourth with 76 points and Houston in fifth with 79 points to round out the top five teams.
 
On the women's side, Newcomer Gladys Jerotich was the top Cowgirl runner to finish the 6,000-meter race with a seventh place mark and a time of 21:18.8.
 
Katja Woelfl was right behind with a time of 21:19.6 to finish eighth as the Cowgirls placed fifth as a team with 79 points in the 17-team field.
 
Texas A&M won the team title with 50 points followed by Lamar with 88, TCU 96, Rice 109, and McNeese.
 
Imogen Hull clocked a 22:16.4 to finish 32^nd while Alissa Lander ran a 22:35.7 to place 47^th and giving the Cowgirls four runners to finish in the top 50.
 
Jessica Fox followed with a 23:07.3 and Estela Pina 23:47.0 to round out McNeese's runners.
 
Men's Team Scores:
1, Texas A&M 62; 2, McNeese 110; 3, Rice 129; 4, Texas State 136; 5, Houston 142; 6, UT Arlington 143; 7, UL Lafayette 188; 8, Lamar 192; 9, LSU 203; 10, North Texas 231; 11, Southeastern La. 274; 12, Sam Houston State 328; 13, Central Arkansas 352; 14, Texas Wesleyan 391; 15, Old Army TC 394; TAMU Kingsville 438; 17, Prairie View 476; 18, TCU 504.
 
McNeese Individual Finishes:
5, Nathan Jones 24:15.0; 12, Enrique Soto 24:22.7; 20, Brian Flanagan 24:41.8; 38, Fisher Hamilton 24:57.3; 39, Oliver James 24:58.3; 52, Niall Holt 25:14.3; 69, Daniel Saina 25:34.7; 71, Luke Horgan 25:36.0.
 
Women's Team Scores:
1, Texas A&M 50; 2, Lamar 88; 3, TCU 96; 4, Rice 109; 5, McNeese 143; 6, LSU 146; 7, Houston 202; 8, UL Lafayette 220; 9, UT Arlington 230; 10, Central Arkansas 246; 11, North Texas 247; 12, Texas State 282; 13, Sam Houston State 362; 14, Southeastern La. 368; 15, TAMU Kingsville 459; 16, Southeastern Oklahoma 460; 17, Prairie View 509.
 
McNeese Individual Finishes:
7, Gladys Jerotich 21:18.8; 8, Katja Woelfl 21:19.6; 32, Imogen Hull 22:16.4; 47, Alissa Lander 22:35.7; 64, Jessica Fox 23:07.3; 91, Estela Pina 23:47.0; 94, Edna Cheptum 24:00.1.