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Wildcat men finish No. 2 at national meet

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Considering the success the ACU cross country team has enjoyed the last ten years, with seven top-10 finishes, including second place the last three seasons, another runner-up trophy in 2003 might seem like a disappointment. Not so. Without two-time individual national champion Alfred Rugema and multi-time ... [Read More…]

Ready to run: Wildcats prepared to bring championship trophy to Abilene

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The sweat and pain of a three-month season will funnel down to a half-hour Saturday, as nine ACU athletes compete in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Cary, N.C. ACU's seven-runner men's squad will be competing for its first national title, while two women will run for individual glory. "There's some ... [Read More…]

Runners primed for regional CC meet

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Since 1997, the women's cross country team has been on a streak it would like to reverse-never finishing better than third at the South Central Regional Meet, from which the top two teams advance to the Division II Cross Country National Championships. The Wildcats will try to reverse that streak Saturday as the ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: West Texas falls straight to winter

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By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Funny thing about the arrival of fall in West Texas - it doesn't. Summer temperatures survive out here through October, then one November morning T-shirt-clad students step out of the dorm to a case of frostbite. So much for a gradual ease into winter - out here we are thrown into the chilly weather faster than we ... [Read More…]

Wildcats clinch LSC titles: Women’s team grabs top three spots, men slower than normal

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's and women's cross country teams captured their respective Lone Star Conference titles Saturday in Portales, N.M. The women's team's performance was notable in that Wildcat runners captured the top three spots in the race, as well as the seventh- and 20th-place spots, for a team score of 33. ACU won easily, ... [Read More…]

Strategic teams deliver preliminary reports

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By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Preliminary reports from each of the teams formed to "seek ideas to increase revenue, reduce expenses and improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the university" are due Oct. 31. Thirteen teams were organized in August after university president Royce Money announced that the university would begin to ... [Read More…]

ACU alumnus trains runners because he heard ..’The voice of God’

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By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Burnt and naked, the young man had been trapped in the burning school with teachers and fellow students for more than eight hours when a "voice inside" told him to try to escape. Using a charred bone from a human leg, Gilbert Tuhabonye smashed a window and began to run. "The whole idea was not just to run away, it was ... [Read More…]

Men heavily favored as runners shoot for title

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams will compete for their 13th and third consecutive Lone Star Conference titles, respectively, in Portales, N.M. The women's 6-kilometer race will begin at 9 a.m., while the men's 8-kilometer race will start at 9:40 a.m. at the Portales Country Club. While the men are ... [Read More…]

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