UT Dallas Takes First Men's Cross Country Crown

10/27/2018 3:12:28 PM

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ABILENE, Texas – UT Dallas won the 2018 American Southwest Conference Men's Cross Country Championship, its first in program history, at the ACU Cross Country Course on Saturday.

East Texas Baptist sophomore Mack Broussard was the indvidual medalist, winning the 8,000-meter race in a time of 26:56.30. He becomes the first Tiger to win the race.

HSU scored 50 points, placing four runners in the top 18. They held off McMurry (54), ETBU (99), Ozarks (101) and LeTourneau (105) who rounded out the top five spots.

Comet head coach Danielle Kcholi earned Coaching Staff of the Year for capturing the conference crown.

UTD's Cannon Leavitt earned Freshman of the Year honors after placing third in 27:14.47. Senior Beau Billings from East Texas Baptist was selected as the Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year for the second straight year. He also earned All-Conference First Team honors by placing seventh among scoring teams in 28:20.49.

Ozarks sophomore Nathaneal Rankin, who was the medalist in 2017, was this year's runner-up in 26:58.69. Fellow Eagle Michael Harris placed fourth in 27:41.21.

Rounding the All-Conference First Team were Andres Uriegas of UT Dallas (5th, 27:47.10) and Tyler Rohrman of Hardin-Simmons (6th, 27:57.75)

Interview with Mack Broussard

Team Scores

1. UT Dallas	50
2. Hardin-Simmons	54
3. East Texas Baptist	99
4. Ozarks	101
5. LeTourneau	105
6. McMurry	145
7. Concordia Texas	176
8. Belhaven	233
9. Mary Hardin-Baylor	274
10. Sul Ross State	293
11. Louisiana College	341
UT Tyler	NST

2018 ASC Men's All-Conference Awards
Individual Medalist: Mack Broussard, East Texas Baptist
Freshman of the Year: Cannon Leavitt, UT Dallas
Coaching Staff of the Year: UT Dallas (Danielle Kcholi - Head Coach)
Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Beau Billings, East Texas Baptist

First Team
Mack Broussard, So., East Texas Baptist
Nathaneal Rankin, So., Ozarks
Cannon Leavitt, Fr., UT Dallas
Michael Harris, So., Ozarks
Andres Uriegas, So., UT Dallas
Tyler Rohrman, Jr., Hardin-Simmons
Beau Billings, Sr., East Texas Baptist

Second Team
Ben Splain, So., Hardin-Simmons
River Smith, So., Hardin-Simmons
Sammy Magallen, So., Hardin-Simmons
Michael Field, Sr., LeTourneau
Trent Sakakini, Fr., UT Dallas
Lorien Nightingale, So., LeTourneau
Alireza Nourani, Sr., UT Dallas

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