Big 12 Championships Await Cross Country
October 27, 2003 | Cross Country
Oct. 27, 2003
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women's and men's cross country teams finish up its season with an appearance at the Big 12 Championships this weekend in Austin, Texas. The women's team heads into the tournament ranked 31st by trackshark.com while the men's team is unranked.
It has been a great year for the team, as the women's team has never achieved such a high ranking as this season. They started out with a first place finish at the UTA-Invitational. At the Lobo Invitational, they finished in second place followed by a 16th place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational, the team's most competitive tournament of the season. At Cowboy Jamboree the women's team again finished in first. The team concluded regular season place turning in a second place finish at the Chili Pepper Invite finishing ahead of then No. 19 Arkansas. Leading the team is Brionne Yosten, who was Tech's top competitor in three meets this season including a season best third place finish at the UTA-Invitational.
The men have held their own but not fared as well. They started out on a good note finishing second at the UTA-Invitational with Benson Cheserek turning in a first place finish. At the Lobo Invitational the team turned in a sixth place finish, its second best finish of the season.
Colorado took home the 2002 Champion honor in both the men's and women's race. The women's team had a fifth place finish in 1999, the best in the history of the program while the men's team best finish was in 2000, a ninth place finish.
The Championship will be held at Barton Creek Lakeside Country Club with the men's race begins at 9 a.m. and the women's beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday Oct. 31. Information regarding the tournament can be found at www.texassports.com/mainpages/tk_pages/2003_04/004_october/100903_20.html.
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