For Immediate Release: October 9, 1999
Contact: Derek Smolik, UT-Pan American Sports Information Director

UT-Pan American Cross Country Teams Both Finish 13th at Texas A&M Invitational

COLLEGE STATION – The University of Texas-Pan American men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished 13th at the Texas A&M Invitational Saturday at the Texas A&M Golf Course.

On the women’s side, Blanca Reyes (El Paso) led the way, finishing 60th in a time of 19:55 for the five kilometer course.  She was closely followed by Perla Rios (Beaumont), who took 64th in a time of 20:00.  Esmer Davilla (Edinburg) was 86th in 20:35, Sandy Guerrero (McAllen) was 88th in 20:37 and Olaya Teran (Brownsville) was 94th in 20:52.

Texas A&M won the team title with a total of 41 points.  Rice also had 41 points, but finished second because Texas A&M’s sixth runner finished ahead of Rice’s sixth.  TCU was third, while Houston was fourth. The Lady Broncs finished 13th with a total of 316 points.  Shaquandra Roberson of Rice took individual honors with a time of 17:51, eight seconds ahead of TCU’s Gladys Keitany.

On the men’s side Julio Aguilar (Pharr) led the way for the Broncs, running a time of 28:15 for the eight kilometer course to finish in 66th place.  His brother Eddie Aguilar took 83rd in 28:43, Danny Salazar (El Paso) was 103rd in 29:29, Israel Arroyo (Houston) was 113th in 30:00, Adrian Palacios (El Paso) was 120th in 30:36 and Carlos Gallegos (McAllen) was 121st in 30:53.

Rice took the team title on the men’s side, edging out Texas 45-55.  Texas A&M was third with 74 and UT-Arlington was fourth with 115.  UT-Pan American was 13th with 370.  Individually David Lagat of TCU had a comfortable win with a time of 25:18.  Lachlan McArthur of Rice was second in 25:33.

Both Bronc teams will return to action next weekend at the South Florida Invitational on Friday, October 15th in Tampa, Fla.

                                           TEXAS A&M INVITATIONAL
                                           FRIDAY OCTOBER 8,1999
                                           UNIVERSITY MEN TEAM RESULTS

                 School                  1    2    3    4    5    6    7   Score
                 _______________________________________________________________
                 RICE                    2    3   10   13   17   37   64      45
                 UT                      8    9   11   12   15   21   22      55
                 TEXAS A&M               4    6   16   20   28   41   45      74
                 UT ARLINGTON            5   14   24   29   43   51   82     115
                 HOUSTON                 7   19   36   49   57               168
                 SOUTHWEST TEXAS        27   32   34   42   47   63   84     182
                 AUBURN                 23   25   33   50   52   56   60     183
                 TCU                     1   35   38   61   62   68   87     197
                 SAM HOUSTON STATE      18   39   40   53   59   69   76     209
                 TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE   26   31   44   66   90   98          257
                 UTSA                   30   48   71   75   77   95          301
                 TARLETON STATE         46   55   65   79   85               330
                 UT PAN AMERICAN        54   67   78   83   88   89          370
                 NORTHWESTERN           58   74   80   81   86   92          379
                 UNIV LA. AT MONROE     70   73   93   94   97               427
                 PRAIRIE VIEW           72   91   96   99  100  101  102     458

                                           UNIVERSITY MEN INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

                   Ind   Team
                   Pl    Pl    Tag  Name                  Year School                   Time
                   _________________________________________________________________________
                   1     1     1543 DAVID LAGAT                TCU                      25:18
                   2     2     1591 LACHLAN MCARTHUR           RICE                     25:33
                   3     3     1589 TYSON HENDRICKSEN          RICE                     25:40
                   4     4     335  SCOTT LENGEFELD            TEXAS A&M                25:43
                   5     5     3521 ERIK PETERSON              UT ARLINGTON             25:51
                   6     6     331  STEPHAN ERATH              TEXAS A&M                25:52
                   7     7     374  MIKE OLAQUE                HOUSTON                  26:00
                   8     8     247  CHRIS WELLS                UT                       26:05
                   9     9     250  JOHN WYBAR                 UT                       26:10
                   10    10    1594 JEFF PIPER                 RICE                     26:11
                   11    11    240  JONATHON FAWCETT           UT                       26:12
                   12    12    243  JASON MUILBY               UT                       26:14
                   13    13    1590 JOHN JURA                  RICE                     26:15
                   14    14    3516 CIARAN DOOGAN              UT ARLINGTON             26:21
                   15          350  SEBASTIAN VILLALVA         UNAT                     26:25
                   16    15    248  NATE WILBERT               UT                       26:28
                   17    16    333  MIKE HUMMEL                TEXAS A&M                26:32
                   18    17    1593 KEITH PIERCE               RICE                     26:34
                   19    18    284  RUSTY STOVER               SAM HOUSTON STATE        26:38
                   20          353  JAMES MENZE                UNAT                     26:47
                   21    19    375  LANCE PARKER               HOUSTON                  26:49
                   22    20    336  BRYAN OUBRE                TEXAS A&M                26:52
                   23    21    241  DAVID GRICE                UT                       26:54
                   24    22    246  THEO THOMPSON              UT                       26:54
                   25    23    1854 BRAD HANSEN                AUBURN                   26:58
                   26    24    3514 BJORN AHLEPIL              UT ARLINGTON             26:58
                   27    25    1855 RYAN EMERY                 AUBURN                   26:59
                   28    26    252  BENNY RODRIGUEZ            TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     27:00
                   29    27    1755 BRUNO MARTINEZ             SOUTHWEST TEXAS          27:01
                   30    28    327  BRANDON BEASLEY            TEXAS A&M                27:03
                   31    29    3517 GLENN DUTCHER              UT ARLINGTON             27:10
                   32    30    1948 TYLER KEEN                 UTSA                     27:13
                   33    31    253  RICK CARRILLO              TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     27:14
                   34          251  JEFF WOOD                  UT                       27:14
                   35    32    1751 RANDY ARIAS                SOUTHWEST TEXAS          27:16
                   36          348  KYLE SWIFT                 UNAT                     27:24
                   37          344  CHRIS KNOTT                UNAT                     27:27
                   38    33    1859 WAYNE WAGNER               AUBURN                   27:29
                   39    34    1752 CHRIS ARRIELA              SOUTHWEST TEXAS          27:32
                   40          346  CHRIS LEE                  UNAT                     27:32
                   41    35    1548 RYAN WOMACK                TCU                      27:33
                   42    36    372  TOARTON KARGOU             HOUSTON                  27:36
                   43    37    1595 TOM RING                   RICE                     27:37
                   44          340  ANDREW COOK                UNAT                     27:38
                   45    38    1546 JARED POPE                 TCU                      27:38
                   46    39    281  CHRISTIAN HURTADO          SAM HOUSTON STATE        27:41
                   47    40    282  DEREK KOONTS               SAM HOUSTON STATE        27:42
                   48          237  KEVIN BAMA                 UT                       27:44
                   49    41    330  JIM PAT DARCEY             TEXAS A&M                27:45
                   50    42    1756 REUBEN ORTIZ               SOUTHWEST TEXAS          27:49
                   51    43    3515 JORGE ALANIS               UT ARLINGTON             27:51
                   52          347  MIKE SOVINSKY              UNAT                     27:51
                   53    44    254  ERIC RIVAS                 TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     27:52
                   54          351  KEITH DOWLAND              UNAT                     27:52
                   55    45    329  CHUCK CUSIMANO             TEXAS A&M                27:57
                   56    46    1779 TRAVIS COUEY               TARLETON STATE           27:58
                   57    47    1753 RYAN GORMAN                SOUTHWEST TEXAS          27:59
                   58    48    1951 SANTIAGO COMACHO           UTSA                     28:00
                   59          328  TOMMY BONN                 TEXAS A&M                28:05
                   60    49    371  HENRY ESPARZA              HOUSTON                  28:06
                   61    50    1856 DAVE MALONEY               AUBURN                   28:06
                   62    51    3520 BRAD MUHLENKAMP            UT ARLINGTON             28:08
                   63    52    1857 READE KIDD                 AUBURN                   28:10
                   64    53    285  TONY VINING                SAM HOUSTON STATE        28:13
                   65          341  JAYME D'AGNOLO             UNAT                     28:14
                   66    54    1928 JULIO AGUILAR              UT PAN AMERICAN          28:15
                   67    55    1778 SHAWN SULTEMEIER           TARLETON STATE           28:17
                   68    56    1858 MATT BURRELL               AUBURN                   28:18
                   69          242  CAMERON KEEL               UT                       28:20
                   70    57    378  GARY SKINNER               HOUSTON                  28:21
                   71    58    1508 HECTOR                     NORTHWESTERN             28:21
                   72          339  CARL STEWART               TEXAS A&M                28:24
                   73          249  JARED WRIGHT               UT                       28:25
                   74    59    283  DANIEL MASSINGILL          SAM HOUSTON STATE        28:25
                   75    60    1861 SCOTT DYER                 AUBURN                   28:26
                   76    61    1547 JUSTIN SPEER               TCU                      28:27
                   77    62    1545 JUSTIN PILLSBURY           TCU                      28:28
                   78    63    1754 MATT HALL                  SOUTHWEST TEXAS          28:29
                   79    64    1588 JUSTIN BURROW              RICE                     28:33
                   80    65    1781 PONCH VILLANUEVA           TARLETON STATE           28:36
                   81    66    255  JOSH MEZA                  TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     28:37
                   82          345  JASON KOOP                 UNAT                     28:39
                   83    67    1927 EDDIE AGUILAR              UT PAN AMERICAN          28:43
                   84          343  BEN HOOKER                 UNAT                     28:45
                   85          1592 MIKE NALEFA                RICE                     28:48
                   86    68    1542 ADAM HELM                  TCU                      28:48
                   87    69    286  MANUEL CADENA              SAM HOUSTON STATE        28:49
                   88          245  DAVION TITUO               UT                       28:53
                   89          1600 TIM OBERG                  UNAT                     28:54
                   90          1860 GISCARD TITUS              AUBURN                   28:56
                   91          338  JASON SOSA                 TEXAS A&M                29:00
                   92    70    1533 RON PHILLEY                UNIV LA. AT MONROE       29:01
                   93    71    1949 TYLER FONSECA              UTSA                     29:06
                   94    72    1764 CONOR MARSH                PRAIRIE VIEW             29:11
                   95          1596 MATT BENTLY                UNAT                     29:12
                   96    73    1535 PHIL FANNING               UNIV LA. AT MONROE       29:13
                   97          3555 STEVE MCMANAHAN            UNAT                     29:14
                   98          1599 CRAIG DOS SANTOS           UNAT                     29:15
                   99    74    1510 TODD BODDIE                NORTHWESTERN             29:17
                   100   75    1953 FABIAN LEAL                UTSA                     29:20
                   101   76    280  KAZU HIRATA                SAM HOUSTON STATE        29:24
                   102   77    1950 DIEGO GARCIA               UTSA                     29:27
                   103   78    1932 DANNY SALAZER              UT PAN AMERICAN          29:29
                   104         3512 NAVEEN SAINI               UNAT                     29:31
                   105   79    1783 LEE DENNIS                 TARLETON STATE           29:32
                   106         1597 BEN BLACK                  UNAT                     29:35
                   107   80    1512 MARK KEOGH                 NORTHWESTERN             29:36
                   108         278  JOHN CASWELL               SAM HOUSTON STATE        29:42
                   109   81    1515 DANON O'KELLY              NORTHWESTERN             29:43
                   110   82    3518 DWAYNE FITTS               UT ARLINGTON             29:45
                   111         3511 DAVID GRAHAM               UNAT                     29:47
                   112         332  MATT GOSSETT               UNAT                     29:58
                   113   83    1929 ISRAEL ARROYO              UT PAN AMERICAN          30:00
                   114   84    1757 CHARLIE ROGERS             SOUTHWEST TEXAS          30:02
                   115   85    1780 JASON PATE                 TARLETON STATE           30:05
                   116   86    1509 CHRIS BAKER                NORTHWESTERN             30:09
                   117         279  THOMAS HENSLEY             SAM HOUSTON STATE        30:13
                   118         3510 TIM BAYLISS                UNAT                     30:16
                   119   87    1540 STEPHEN GOFF               TCU                      30:26
                   120   88    1931 ADRIAN PALACIOS            UT PAN AMERICAN          30:36
                   121   89    1930 CARLOS GALLEGOS            UT PAN AMERICAN          30:53
                   122         1598 ANDREW COURTWRIGHT         UNAT                     30:56
                   123   90    256  VICTOR MORENO              TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     30:58
                   124   91    1765 DEMETRIUS PETERS           PRAIRIE VIEW             31:06
                   125   92    1516 KYLE THOMAS                NORTHWESTERN             31:12
                   126   93    1537 PATRICK HAMILTON           UNIV LA. AT MONROE       31:20
                   127   94    1536 GERRICK GREEN              UNIV LA. AT MONROE       31:23
                   128         1602 CORBETT REDDEN             UNAT                     31:30
                   129   95    1952 RONALDO ESGUERRA           UTSA                     31:45
                   130   96    1766 ALBERTO ESCOBER            PRAIRIE VIEW             31:56
                   131   97    1538 BENJI JONES                UNIV LA. AT MONROE       32:28
                   132   98    257  WILLIE DA LA GARZA         TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE     32:30
                   133         1969 KEVIN OVERTON              TSU                        
                   134   99    1769 WESLEY PUNCH               PRAIRIE VIEW               
                   135   100   1771 VERNON JAMES               PRAIRIE VIEW               
                   136   101   1770 RASHAD SHELTON             PRAIRIE VIEW               
                   137         1603 NATHANIEL SPENCER          UNAT                       
                   138   102   1767 KARL WHITLEY               PRAIRIE VIEW               
                   139         1768 WILL GORDON                PRAIRIE VIEW
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