SAN ANTONIO — UTSA will return to action on Friday morning when it travels north to Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA South Central Regional. The men's 10,000-meter race is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Agri Park and schools from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas will make up the field.
The Roadrunners, who are coming off a seventh-place finish at the Conference USA Championships, will face runners from 24 teams — Arkansas, Arkansas State, Baylor, Central Arkansas, Houston, Houston Baptist, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, LSU, McNeese State, North Texas, Prairie View A&M, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas-Pan American, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, Tulane, UALR and UT Arlington — in the race that precedes the NCAA Championships.
The top two teams, along with the top four individuals not on an advancing squad, will qualify for the national meet, which is scheduled for next Saturday, Nov. 22, in Terre Haute, Ind.
Mike Medrano raced to a 16th-place performance at the C-USA Championships on Nov. 1. Medrano covered the 8,000-meter Eagle Point Cross Country Course in 25:05.8 and the senior from Mission was the Roadrunners' top finisher for the fifth time this fall.