Men's Cross Country Head Coach Sam Burroughs left the ACU program in late summer to coach the University of North Texas' cross-country and track and field teams. Burroughs will coach a Div. I school, replacing UNT's Dr. Robert Vaughn, according to the UNT athletics website. Before coaching at Abilene Christian for two seasons, he served as ... [Read More…]

The cross-country team will attempt another step toward a national title at the NCAA II South Central Regional meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in Abilene. With a 19th consecutive conference title under their belt already, the Wildcats' next hurdle on the path to the 2009 National Championship is the regional race. Coach Sam Burroughs' squad put forth a ... [Read More…]

The Wildcat men's cross-country team will gun for its 19th consecutive Lone Star Conference title at the 2009 LSC Championships on Saturday. In 1991, George H.W. Bush was in the Oval Office, Terminator 2 was dominating the big screen, and Kirby Puckett was leading the Twins to a World Series title. The United States has had four different ... [Read More…]

An injury-depleted cross-country team managed to capture second place at the Naimadu Pre-Regional cross-country meet at Grover Nelson Park on Saturday. The Wildcats scored a total of 42 points, second only to champion Tarleton State, which scored 33 points. West Texas A&M finished in third place with 64 points, and Dallas Baptist finished ... [Read More…]

The cross-country teams will have one final chance to ready themselves for the Lone Star Conference Championships during the ACU Naimadu Collegiate and High School Classic in Abilene on Saturday. Fresh from a strong fourth-place showing at the Pre-National Invitational in Indiana last month, the men's team looks to sharpen up as they prepare to ... [Read More…]

Both the men's and women's cross country teams finished in 2nd place at the Great Alaska Stampede in Anchorage on Saturday. Micah Chelimo, University of Alaska at Anchorage student, captured the men's individual title with a time of 15:18.60, followed by ACU's Cleophas Tanui in 2nd place with a time of 15:44.90. UAA runners finished in 3rd and 4th ... [Read More…]

The last time the ACU men's cross-country team failed to win the LSC title, the majority of this year's freshman class wasn't even born yet, the first George Bush was president, and Bryan Adams recorded the #1 song in America. All signs point to the 2009 team continuing that run of dominance. Both the men's and women's teams put on a strong ... [Read More…]

By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Four-time individual cross country champion Nicodemus Naimadu and the men's and women's cross country teams got a hero's welcome when they returned from the national championships in Joplin, Mo. on Nov. 18. As the team's white travel bus braked in front of Elmer Gray Stadium, balloons, banners, cake, erratic car ... [Read More…]