2021 ASC Men's Cross Country Schedule
RICHARDSON, Texas –
UT Dallas was selected to win the 2021 American Southwest Conference Men’s Cross Country Championship in a vote of the league’s head coaches the conference office announced Tuesday, August 24.
The Comets received 96 points and seven out of 10 first-place votes in the poll after winning their third straight title in 2020-21.
LeTourneau was second with 81 points and one first-place vote after a runner-up finish
. Just behind the YellowJackets were
McMurry with 76 points and
Hardin-Simmons with 68 points.
Rounding out the poll were
East Texas Baptist (54);
Concordia Texas (51),
Mary Hardin-Baylor (45/1);
Ozarks (40);
Belhaven (32/1); and
Sul Ross State (12).
Fourteen runners are among those to watch in the 2021 season. Nominated by the head coaches, the watch list includes ten who earned All-Conference honors, including the 2020-21 individualist medalist – senior
Lorien Nightingale from LeTourneau - and the Freshman of the Year –
Graeme Maclean of UT Dallas .
Regular season races will begin Wednesday, September 1. The ASC Cross Country Championship is scheduled for October 30, hosted by Ozarks in Clarksville, Ark.
2021 ASC Preseason Men’s Cross Country Poll
| Team (First) |
Votes |
2020-21 Championship Finish |
| 1. UT Dallas (7) |
96 |
1st |
| 2. LeTourneau (1) |
81 |
2nd |
| 3. McMurry |
76 |
4th |
| 4. Hardin-Simmons |
68 |
3rd |
| 5. East Texas Baptist |
54 |
6th |
| 6. Concordia Texas |
51 |
5th |
| 7. Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) |
45 |
7th |
| 8. Ozarks |
40 |
Individual |
| 9. Belhaven (1) |
32 |
8th |
| 10. Sul Ross State |
12 |
Individual |
2021 Runners to Watch
| Name |
Cl. |
Team |
Hometown |
| Mack Broussard * |
Gr. |
East Texas Baptist |
Hankamer, Texas |
| Griffin Davis * |
So. |
UT Dallas |
Austin, Texas |
| Spencer Gambrell * |
So. |
LeTourneau |
League City, Texas |
| Logan Garner |
Sr. |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
New Braunfels, Texas |
| Graeme Maclean * F |
Fr. |
UT Dallas |
Fairview, Texas |
| Zach Mitchell * |
Jr. |
Hardin-Simmons |
Mansfield, Texas |
| Eric Monroy * |
Jr. |
Hardin-Simmons |
Hillsboro, Texas |
| Lorien Nightingale * M |
Sr. |
LeTourneau |
Njoro, Kenya |
| Hazlitt Pena |
So. |
Ozarks |
Beebe, Ark. |
| Rick Platas * |
So. |
Concordia Texas |
Premont, Texas |
| Sean Reid |
Sr. |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
Killeen, Texas |
| William Serrano |
Sr. |
Sul Ross State |
Pecos, Texas |
| Ethan Turner * |
So. |
McMurry |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| John Zuniga Jr. * |
Sr. |
McMurry |
Port Aransas, Texas |
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2020-21 All-Conference *
2020-21 Individual Medalist M
2020-21 Freshman of the Year F