Cross Country Places 4th in Southwestern Showdown
GEORGETOWN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Men's and Women's Cross Country competed in the Southwestern Showdown Saturday morning in Georgetown, Texas. The field featured six Division-III teams: Trinity (TX), McMurry, Southwestern, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Schreiner, and Texas Lutheran.
MEN'S RECAP
Sophomore Carlos Cura (Midkiff/Rankin) led the Bulldogs with a time of 27:50.1 to finish 11th overall. Freshman Lucas Falcon (Victoria/Victoria East) tallied a 27th place finish with a time of 29.20.1.
Cole Schuetz (Corpus Christi/London) crossed with a time of 29:36.0 to finish 30th.
Kevin Vazquez-Arredondo (Austin/Del Valle) and Isaiah Arriaga (Sugar Land/Dulles) rounded out the top five for the Bulldogs. As a team, the Bulldogs averaged a time of 29:19 to finish in fourth place.
WOMEN'S RECAP
In the women's meet, it was Mackenzie Payne (Celina/Frisco Heritage) leading the way finishing 17th with a time of 25:38.4. Caeli Taylor (Tilden/McMullen County), last week's SCAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week, followed close behind Payne - posting a time of 25:53.1 to finish 22nd. Following Taylor was freshman Emma Etzler (Hallettsville/Hallettsville) posting a time of 26:36.6.
Gianna Kennedy (El Paso/El Paso) and LeeAnndrea Canas (Corpus Christi/West Oso) rounded out the top 5 for the Bulldogs. As a team, the Bulldogs averaged a 6K time of 26:56 to finish fourth.
Coach Holland's comments: "Sometimes the score doesn't indicate the progress being made. For both the men and women, this is the longest race distance-wise that we have run. It's difficult to chart the progress since we previously ran shorter distances, but I can see that they have improved. And not just a little bit, but drastically from performances thus far.
FULL RACE RESULTS CAN BE FOUND AT: https://www.tfrrs.org/results/xc/20098/Southwestern_Showdown
Texas Lutheran will compete in the Concordia Cross Country Classic in Austin, Texas, on Friday, September 23, with the women's race starting at 7:45 PM and the men's meet starting at 8:30 PM. For all updates on Texas Lutheran Cross Country, follow @tluxctf on Instagram as well as all official TLU Athletics accounts.