Nov. 14, 2009

NCAA South Central Regional Results

Complete Results in PDF Format

Waco, Texas - The Rice Owls men's cross country team placed 10th in a field of 19 teams at the NCAA South Central Regional that was hosted by Baylor at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course. Head coach Jon Warren's squad came across the finish line with 227 points. Arkansas won the team title with 47 points as it had three runners in the top 10 (first, second, and seventh) and Texas was second with 74 points.

The top two teams from each of the nine NCAA regionals, along with 13 at-large teams, earn bids to the NCAA Championships. Individually, the top four runners not on a qualifying team can earn a bid as well.

Senior Simon Bucknell was Rice's top finisher with a 32nd place. He completed the 10k course in a time of 32:29.6. Michael Trejo was next at 38th with a time of 32.44.7. All six of Rice's runners placed in the top 100

Rice Results
32 Simon Bucknell 32.29.6
38 Michael Trejo 32.44.7
52 Matt Carey 33:19.0
53 Gabe Cuadra 33:20.2
57 Scott Zivick 33:24.4
70 Sammy Abuhamra 33:44.1

Final Team Results
Place, Points, Team, Runners
1 47 Arkansas 1 2 7 16 21 (25) (33)
2 74 Texas 4 9 12 22 27 (28) (66)
3 83 Lamar 3 13 14 15 38 (68) (80)
4 89 Texas A&M 6 10 17 24 32 (53) (79)
5 159 Stephen F. Austin 11 20 34 44 50 (71) (102)
6 185 McNeese State 5 8 40 41 91 (99)
7 215 Baylor 29 36 42 48 60 (63) (110)
8 225 Arkansas-Little Rock 18 35 43 46 83 (92) (98)
8 225 UTSA 23 39 47 49 67 (76) (101)
10 227 Rice 31 37 51 52 56 (69)
11 278 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 26 45 64 70 73 (105) (125)
12 339 Texas A&M-CC 30 74 75 78 82 (84)
13 382 Houston 57 58 86 88 93 (96) (100)
14 411 Texas-Pan American 54 59 81 106 111 (117) (121)
15 427 Texas State 62 72 85 90 118 (122)
16 428 Arkansas State 55 61 87 112 113 (116)
17 447 SE Louisiana 19 65 119 120 124
18 486 LSU 77 89 104 107 109 (115) (123)
19 497 Texas-Arlington 94 95 97 103 108 (114)