Tomorrow morning, both Rice cross country teams will compete in the NCAA South Central Region Championships at Fayetteville, Arkansas. The top 2 finishing teams from each race will advance to the NCAA Championships. The top 4 individuals who are not from the schools that advance, will be selected for the NCAA Championships.

The women will race 6,000 meters (~3¾ miles) at 10:30 a.m. CST. The men will race 10,000 meters (~6.2 miles) at 11:30 a.m. CST.

South Central Region home page. From here, you can click on Results.

Rice women come in ranked 10th in the region, and I would expect a finish anywhere from 9-11. Arkansas will win easily, but there could be a tight contest for 2nd, as Tulane, Texas A&M, SMU and Texas will battle for that automatic qualifier.

Rice men are ranked 8th in the region, but I could see a great race for them moving them as high as 6th. Arkansas and Texas will be the automatic qualifiers.

Rice women finish 10th - in line with their regional ranking. Taigen Hunter-Galvan completes a fine senior season with a 26th place finish. Amelie Attenborough was 39th.

Arkansas and Texas A&M are the automatic qualifiers.

In the men's race, after 7400 meters, Rice is in 7th place. Gus Gannon is 25th, while Travis Dowd is 30th.

Arkansas and Texas are leading.

Rice still in 7th through 8500 meters.
Gannon and Dowd are 26th and 28th, respectively.

Gannon finished 25th, with Dowd 29th. Ben Tijerina was 43rd, while Grant Samara was 45th; Elliot Metcalf was the final Rice scorer at 51st.

Rice finishes 7th, only 9 points behind Texas A&M for 6th.