By Steve Holt, Staff Writer The women's cross country team and two individuals from the men's team will participate in the Texas A&M Cross Country Invitational in College Station Saturday. The university men's race, which will cover 8,000 meters on the TAMU Golf Course, will begin at 8:30 a.m., while the university women's 6,000-meter race will ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Staff Writer As expected, the men's and women's cross country teams dominated their competition Friday in the opening meet of the 2003 season, the ACU Classic at Sherrod Park. The women placed all five runners in the top 15 finishers, winning with 27 points, compared to 59 scored by second-place South Plains College. Wildcat men ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Jon Murray is due for a national title in cross country. Not runner-up like the last two seasons. First. Period. The veteran has coached many championship track and field teams, but the ultimate prize has eluded Murray in the fall sport, which officially begins Friday at 6 p.m. with the ACU Classic at Sherrod Park. ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The ACU women's cross country team has already experienced a scare this fall, before any women even put on a purple singlet. Freshman runner Olha Kryvyak of Lviv, Ukraine, collapsed on Aug. 28 after a run, and after being rushed to the emergency room was diagnosed with a severe case of heat stroke. Kryvyak was just ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Staff Writer For freshman cross country runner Seth Patterson, coming to ACU meant he would need to up the ante in his training this past summer. So the Portland, Ore., native increased his weekly mileage from 50 during his time at Sunset High School to 70 miles per week by the end of the summer. He had no idea that he would need ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Great athletes go out on top. They cap their illustrious careers with championships, records and defining moments. And they often do it despite adverse conditions. Alfred Rugema is a great athlete. The senior claimed his second individual title at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Champion-ship on Nov. 23 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor ACU men's cross country teams have accumulated quite a long list of accomplishments and boasted more than a few outstanding athletes through the years. Seventeen Lone Star Conference team titles since 1980. Five South Central Region titles since 1983. Twenty-seven all-America selections since 1986. But the "holy ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Her high school dream was to be a rare, white, American sprinter to compete in the Olympic games. The dream may have been born even earlier than that, however-in the 100-meter dash on field day at Aledo Elementary School. By all accounts Angie Waters was meant to run very fast for short distances. But the ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor The ACU women's cross country team's season ended Saturday when it failed to qualify for nationals at the South Central Region Championship in Warrens-burg, Mo. But two women from the team, which placed third Saturday, will represent ACU individually at the Division II Na-tional Championship for pla-cing in the top ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor The men's and women's cross country team will compete Saturday at the NCAA Division II South Central region championships in Warrensburg, Mo., with the men heavily favored to win their third straight title. Both teams will be running to qualify for the NCAA Division II national championship meet Nov. 23 in Ashland, ... [Read More…]