SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA women's cross country team will return to the course on Friday evening when it competes at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The 5,000-meter race is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Harry Pritchett Running Course.
This year's meet will consist of 38 teams and the Roadrunners will square off against student-athletes from Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Auburn, Belmont, Blue Mountain, Brenau, Clemson, Emmanuel, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Louisiana-Monroe, Loyola-New Orleans, LSU, Meridian Community College, Mississippi State, Mississippi Valley, North Florida, Oxford College, Sam Houston State, Samford, Southeastern Louisiana, South Alabama, South Carolina, Southern Mississipi, Stephen F. Austin, Stillman, Tennessee, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Trevecca Nazarene, Troy, Tulane, UAB and West Alabama in addition to the host Crimson Tide.
Stephanie Wangui raced to a seventh-place finish to pace UTSA at its last meet three weeks ago at the Ken Garland Invitational. The senior from Leander covered the Eagle Point Cross Country Course 5,000-meter trail in 18:05.4 and she finished as the squad's top performer for the second time in three events this fall.