SAN ANTONIO — UTSA will return to the course on Friday night when it hosts its annual Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas/H-E-B Classic. The men's 5,000-meter race is scheduled to go off at 7 p.m. at the site of the future UTSA Park West Athletics Complex.
The Roadrunners will welcome nine schools — Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, Incarnate Word, Our Lady of the Lake, Schreiner, Texas-Pan American, Texas A&M International, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Texas State — to the meet and a total of 88 student-athletes will make up the field.
UTSA is coming off a victory at last Saturday's TLU Preview in Seguin.
Senior Albert Cardenas, who was named Southland Conference Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, led a 1-2-3 finish, as the Roadrunners easily won the team title. The Converese native clocked a 24:21.4 on the 7,600-meter course to claim the first gold medal of his career and he now has been the team's top finisher at its last six regular season meets dating back to last year's Trinity Opener.
On Saturday, nearly 3,400 high school athletes will compete in a total of 14 races that will be contested beginning at 8:15 a.m.
Admission is free and directions to the course can be found in the related links box toward the top right of this release. Complete results will be posted online at goUTSA.com each evening.
