ACU takes both men's and women's title

STEPHENVILLE -- Abilene Christian University easily swept to both the men's and women's titles Saturday in the Lone Star Conference cross country meet at Hunewell Ranch.

ACU had the top two finishers in each division as the Wildcats successfully defended their conference titles in both divisions.

Vivian Ruitjers and Fred Valdez finished 1-2 in the women's division as the Lady Wildcats scored 26 points. ACU had three other runners among the top 10 finishers. Angelo State was second with 53 points.

In the men's division, Musa Gwanzura and Fallody Moonga were 1-2 for ACU as the Wildcats won with 34 points. Texas A&M-Kingsville was second with 51 points.

With 11 men's teams and 13 women's squads competing, Saturday's meet was the largest conference cross country meet in LSC history.

WOMEN

Team standings -- 1. Abilene Christian 26; 2. Angelo State 53; 3. Harding 114; 4. Texas A&M-Commerce 125; 5. Southeastern Oklahoma 133; 6. West Texas A&M 161; 7. Tarleton State 162; 8. Texas A&M-Kingsville 164; 9. East Central Oklahoma 226; 10. Eastern New Mexico 234; 11. Ouachita Baptist 300; 12. Central Oklahoma 300; 13. Southwestern Oklahoma 345

Top 10 individuals (5,000 meters) -- 1. Vivian Ruitjers, ACU, 17:41; 2. Freda Valdez, ACU, 17:54; 3. Cindy Farris, Angelo State, 18:00; 4. Dora Davila, Angelo State, 18:07; 5. Casi Florida, ACU, 18:18; 6. Stephanie Reyes, Texas A&M-Commerce, 18:37; 7. Cheri Scharf, Harding, 18:47; 8. Josie Martinez, ACU, 18:47; 9. Islea Delatorre, Texas A&M-Commerce, 18:52; 10. Joyce Martinez, ACU, 18:59

Other ACU finishers -- 44. Taya Owens 21:11; 47. Molly Trammell 21:23

MEN

Team standings -- 1. Abilene Christian 34; 2. Texas A&M-Kingsville 51; 3. Harding 112; 4. Texas A&M-Commerce 121; 5. West Texas A&M 133; 6. Angelo State 158; 7. Tarleton State 162; 8. Ouachita Baptist 198; 9. Central Oklahoma 209; 10. East Central Oklahoma 254; 11. Eastern New Mexico 272

Top 10 individual (8,000 meters) -- 1. Musa Gwanzura, ACU, 24:26; 2. Fallody Moonga, ACU, 24:35; 3. James Longoria, Texas A&M-Kingsville 25:12; 4. Efrain Velazquez, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 25:37; 5. Dan Hughes, Angelo State, 26:05; 6. Chris Daffron, Texas A&M-Commerce, 26:19; 7. Steven Spoonemore, West Texas A&M, 26:25; 8. Cesar Vazquez, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 26:39; 9. Sam Stalcup, ACU, 26:43; 10. Dustin Hawes, ACU, 26:46

Other ACU finishers -- 15. Kyle Jackson 27:33; 18. James Bagley 27:45

ASC meet

IRVING -- Mississippi College won both the men's and women's titles Saturday at the American Southwest Conference cross country meet. The race was run on a wet and windy course at the University of Dallas.

McMurry finished second in the men's division, led by David Chandler who finished second and Mitchell Wolowicz of Buffalo Gap eighth.

KiKi Carthel was 11th and Jessica Thompson of Abilene 12th to pace McMurry to a third-place finish in the women's division.

Times were several minutes slower than normal because of the wet, muddy conditions.

MEN

Team standings -- 1. Mississippi College 20; 2. McMurry 66; 3. University of the Ozarks 70; 4. University of Dallas 79

Top five individuals (8,000 meters) -- 1. Seth Jones, MC, 31:54; 2. David Chandler, McMurry, 32:11; 3. Rob McKay, MC, 32:20; 4. Trent Barger, MC, 32:39; 5. Cliff Roy, MC, 32:40

Other McMurry finishers -- 8. Mitchell Wolowicz 33:31; 15. Steven Penney 37:47; 20. D.J. Miller 41:30; 21. Davin Davis 41:32; 25. Rogelio Garcia 44:53

WOMEN

Team standings -- 1. Mississippi College 22; 2. University of Dallas 50; 3. McMurry 57

Top five individuals (5,000 meters) -- 1. Julie Schmidt, MC, 23:31; 2. Robin Rockenhaus, UD, 24:24; 3. Christy Hopkins, MC, 24:55; 4. Leigh Ammon, MC, 25:08; 5. S. Chauhan, Ozarks, 25:42

McMurry individuals -- 11. KiKi Carthel 27:01; 12. Jessica Thompson 28:22; 16. Janet Ramage 30:47; 17. Jeanette Wingert 31:42; 19. Lillian Oguncanjo 34:43