On Saturday, October 4, both of our cross country teams will be in Lawrence, KS to compete in the Rim Rock Classic at the University of Kansas. The Rice women come into the meet ranked #3 in the South Central Region, and just outside of the national top 30. The men currently are #9 in the region.

This is a very low-key meet, in that a great number of the top teams are competing at Notre Dame. The toughest competition for both men and women will be the host Kansas team, whose men are ranked 7th in the Midwest Region, and the women who are ranked 11th in that same region.

Other teams with rankings are the Nebraska-Kearney men, 7th in Division II Central Region and the Pittsburg State women, who are 9th in the Division II Central Region.

The men will run 8K (4.97 miles) at 9:00 a.m., while the women will do 6K (3.73 miles) at 10:00 a.m.

Competing teams (Men and Women both, unless otherwise noted):

Kansas
Rice
Cal State-Fullerton
Emporia State
Fort Hays State
Grand Canyon
Highland CC (W only)
Missouri State (W only)
Nebraska-Kearney
New Mexico State
Oral Roberts
Pittsburg State
St. Mary (Kansas) (M only)
UMKC

Quote:Rice Track & CC @RiceTrackCC · 11m 11 minutes ago
Results are in: Cali Roper (@caliroper) wins her third individual meet in as many tries, running a 21:35 in the 6,000m race!

For the 2nd time this season the women finish 1-2-3- w/Madi McLellan (21:40) and Katie Jensen (21:58) finishing 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Others earning points for the women were Elsa Racasan (15th-22:54.0), Ellen Diemert (16th-22:54.6), Audrey Wassef (19th-23:04), Christina Wassef (20th-23:05) and Allie Schaich (22nd-23:08).

The Owls women edged out Kansas, 37-38, to win their 3rd meet of the year.

On the men’s side Will Firth led the way with a 3rd place finish (24:43) in the 8,000m race. Adam Davidson placed 7th (25:11).

Others earning points for the men were Ismail Herrera (11th-25:30), Bradley Dohner (17th-25:40), Marco Ruiz (22nd-25:48), Aneesh Sampath (23rd-25:52) and Meron Fessahaie (24th-25:55). The Owls (51 points) held off Kansas (61 points).

Who is Ismail Herrera? He's not on either the cross country or track and field roster.

(10-04-2014 04:18 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Who is Ismail Herrera? He's not on either the cross country or track and field roster.

Impressive runner. He ran well at our meet.

Wins for both men and women this weekend.