SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA cross country team is set to compete in the 2026 Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday at the Dale Watts XC Course in College Station, Texas, in what represents the squad’s final tuneup before the American Conference Championships. The men will participate in the 8k at 8:15 a.m., while the women take the course for the 6k at 8:50 a.m.
Live results for the event can be found at www.goUTSA.com/XCresults.UTSA last competed at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, where junior Meryeme Mai collected fourth in the 5k, clocking in at 17:23.9 for her second top-five finish in as many meets. Previously, she was crowned champion of the UIW Invitational, with a time of 17:11.7.
Mai will team up with senior Gracie Ortiz, sophomores Joule Cavazos and Yazmin Guerra, and freshmen Cadence Harris, Kira Albino, Haley Hill, Alexia Rosas, Ryland Ross-Jurado, Ana Garza and Isabel Burke in College Station.
For the men, junior Andruw Villa will be back in action for the first time since recording back-to-back second-place finishes at the UIW Twilight and UIW Invitational. He holds a Roadrunner-best mark of 25:08.7 in the 8k this season.
Alongside Villa, senior Ethan Carranza toes the line after serving as the men’s top finisher at the Notre Dame Invitational, taking 77th in 24:42.9. Junior Cortlin Salge will be joined by sophomores Austin Lyda and Israel Cuellar, and freshmen Zac Mangum, Landon Fluckiger, Matthew Cato, Murff McLaughlin, Christion Meiners, and Thomas Tamayo at the event.
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