SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA cross country team is making its way to New Orleans, Louisiana, where the 2026 American Conference Cross Country Championships await at Lake Oaks Park on Saturday.
The women’s 6k race is slated for 9:15 a.m. CT, while the men’s 8k follows at 10 a.m. CT. Live results are available at www.goUTSA.com/XCresults, and a livestream can be found on ESPN+ and at www.goUTSA.com/watchXC.
Junior Meryeme Mai is expected to lead the pack for UTSA on the women’s side, with the first-year Roadrunner recording two top-five finishes this season. Those include a first-place finish, as she clocked in at 17:11.7 in the 5k at the UIW Invitational.
Mai will be joined in College Station by senior Gracie Ortiz and freshmen Cadence Harris, Kira Albino, Haley Hill, Alexia Rosas, Ryland Ross-Jurado, Ana Garza, and Isabel Burke.
For the men, junior Andruw Villa has set the pace with a squad-best 8k time of 23:41.2 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational. He also has two second-place finishes at the UIW Twilight and UIW Invitational.
Along with Villa, senior Ethan Carranza, sophomores David Zuniga, Austin Lyda and Israel Cuellar, and freshmen Matthew Cato, Landon Fluckiger, Zac Mangum, Murff McLaughlin, Christion Meiners and Thomas Tamayo.
Keep up with UTSA track and field/cross country on goUTSA.com and by following the program on Facebook at /UTSATRACK, X (Twitter) @UTSATRACKXC, and on Instagram @UTSA_XCTRACK.
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