Cross Country opens season Friday

Brian Barraza is back and the team was ranked as 10th best in the South region while the women were ranked 9th or 10th.

Cougars Open with SFA Lumberjack Preview
2016 Cross Country season begins in Nacogdoches
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/090116aaa.html

ABOUT THE LUMBERJACK PREVIEW
Where: Pecan Acres City Park | Nacogdoches, Texas
Women’s Race: 7 p.m. | 2-miles | 1.5 loops
Men’s Race: 7:30 p.m. | 5,000 meters | 2.5 loops

Women Second, Men Fourth in Season Opener
Selena Sierra returns to place second overall at Lumberjack Preview
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/090216aaa.html

WHERE THEY RANKED
Women’s Finish (2-mile): Second (53 points)
Men’s Finish (5,000-meters): Fourth (88 points)
Top Women’s Finisher: Selena Sierra, 2nd, 11:13.98
Top Men’s Finisher: G.J. Reyna, 8th, 15:50.22

UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
The Cougars on Friday, Sept., 9 for the 41st Annual Rice Invitational. The Cougars will run in their first meet inside the city limits beginning at 6:15 p.m., next week.