COLLEGE STATION - McNeese Cowgirl cross country standout Uxue Castro-Martin clocked one off the fastest 6k times in school history on Friday morning at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational when she finished the race with a time of 20:17.4 for an overall finish of 38th place in the individual rankings.
 
Castro-Martin obliterated her previous personal best in a 6k race by more than 3:30 while her finish on Friday ranked fifth among runners from the Southland Conference. It's the fastest time for a Cowgirl since Katja Woelfl clocked a 20:36.3 at the 2017 NCAA South Central Region Meet.
 
As a team, the Cowgirls placed 32nd out of 46 teams and was sixth among nine league schools taking part.
 
On the men's side, the Cowboys had two runners finish in the top 75 and four in the top 100 to lead the squad to a 13th place team finish out of 38 teams and third among eight Southland Conference schools.
 
The four Cowboys to finish in the top 100 all recorded personal records in the 8k race. Greg Martin recorded a time of 24:02.7 to finish 59th overall. Ryan McCarthy followed in 75th place with a time of 24:12.0. Diarmuid Moloney clocked a 24:14.8 to finish 78th while Samuel Serrano Borrego placed 82nd with a time of 24:18.1.
 
Next up, McNeese will host the Southland Conference Cross Country Championships on Friday, October 30, at the Enos Derbonne Sports Complex.
 
Cowboys Results
59, Greg Martin 24:02.7; 75, Ryan McCarthy 24:12.0; 78, Diarmuid Moloney 24:14.8; 82, Samuel Serrano Borrego 24:18.1; 110, Nathan Salinas 24:31.4; 128, Carlton Rotich 24:41.5; 162, Ander Camacho Rodrigues 24:59.6; 170, Ethan Gioko 25:04.1; 195, Sullivan Hanna 25:20.1; 230, Nathan Waller 25:33.8; 250, Jack Kelley 25:43.8; 287, Owen Kirkland 26:12.0; 313, Daniel Aboagye 26:36.9.
 
Cowgirls Results
38, Uxue Castro-Martin 20:17.4; 125, Rylee Kai Challenor 21:17.7; 271, Sheila Kipruto 22:27.8; 292, Darcey Tullis 22:41.9; 304, Maria Murnane 22:51.0; 349, Edyn Hill 23:46.7; 369, Reese Jeane 24:22.1.