SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA men's and women's cross country programs continue the championship portion of their seasons on Friday, Nov. 9 at the NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Cross Country South Central Regional. UTSA will send four men and four women to compete as individuals the event.
The event
Texas A&M is the host of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Cross Country South Central Regional at the Dale Watts Cross Country Course in College Station. The women's 6,000-meter race will start at 9:15 a.m. CT, while the men's 10,000-meter event will begin at 10:15 a.m. CT.
At stake are automatic berths to the NCAA Championship field as the top two teams in each race advance along with the top four individuals not associated with a qualifying team.
The competition
UTSA's individual competitors will line up against representatives from Abilene Christian, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Arkansas -Little Rock, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Baylor, Central Arkansas, Houston, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, LSU, McNeese State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, North Texas, Northwestern State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, TCU, Texas State, Tulane, UT Arlington, UTRGV,
Representing the Roadrunners
UTSA's competitors will be vying for individual berths to the 2018 NCAA Championships via top four finishes beyond those finishers not associated with a qualifying team. UTSA women competing are sophomore Amber Boyd (47th at C-USA Championship), senior Colleen Gilbert (39th at C-USA Championship), freshman Briana Gonzalez (52nd at C-USA Championship) and senior Charlette Janicek (69th at C-USA Championship). Roadrunner men include senior Luca Chatham (82nd at C-USA Championship), sophomore Josh Rodriguez (39th at C-USA Championship), junior Peter Sepulveda (30th at C-USA Championship) and freshman Jake Smith (33rd at C-USA Championship).
Men's Lineup
Luca Chatham - senior
10k personal-best: 34:00.7
Josh Rodriguez – sophomore
10k personal-best: 33:18.6
Peter Sepulveda – junior
10k personal-best: 32:41.5
Jake Smith – freshman
10k personal-best: N/A
Women's Lineup
Amber Boyd – sophomore
6k personal best: 21:23.9
6k season best: N/A
Colleen Gilbert – senior
6k personal best: 23:10.8
6k season best: 23:54.0
Briana Gonzalez – freshman
6k personal best: 24:06.0
6k season best: same
Charlette Janicek – senior
6k personal best: 22:38.4
6k season best: 24:59.8
Results
Live results can be found at FlashResults.com final results will be available on goUTSA.com following the event.
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