SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA cross country team will head to College Station, Texas, for the 2026 NCAA South Central Regional Cross Country Championships at the Watts Cross Country Course.
The women’s 6k race is slated for 9 a.m., while the men’s 8k follows at 10 a.m. Live results are available at www.goUTSA.com/XCresults.
Vying for a spot in the NCAA National Championships, the top two team finishers automatically qualify from each of the nine regions, for a total of 18 teams. Fourteen additional teams will be selected at-large for a 32-team field. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. The championships are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, in Terre Haute, Indiana, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
Junior Meryeme Mai and classmate Andruw Villa impressed last time out, each earning All-Conference honors for their performance at the 2026 American Cross Country Championships.
Mai clocked in at 20:42.7 to place sixth in the women’s 6k, becoming the first All-Conference student-athlete since 2021 in Conference USA. She was UTSA’s highest finisher at a league meet since 2012, when the Roadrunners were a member of the Western Athletic Conference.
Villa, meanwhile, was 15th in the men’s 8k, crossing the tape in 24:34.8. He was the Roadrunners first male All-Conference selection since a pair accomplished the feat in 2022.
Alongside Mai will be freshmen Cadence Harris, Kira Albino, Haley Hill, Alexia Rosas, Ryland Ross-Jurado, Ana Garza, and Isabel Burke. Joining Villa and the men are senior Ethan Carranza, sophomore Austin Lyda, and freshmen Matthew Cato, Landon Fluckiger, Zac Mangum, Murff McLaughlin and Thomas Tamoyo.
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