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Cross Country

Texas women’s cross country championships-bound after top-2 finish in regional race

Texas women’s cross country championships-bound after top-2 finish in regional race

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter November 18, 2024

With a second-place performance in the NCAA South Central Regionals in College Station, Texas women’s cross country secured an automatic bid to the championship meet in Wisconsin for the first time since...

Senior forward Ze’Rick Onyama dunks during Texas' game against Chicago State on Nov. 12, 2024.

Texas men’s basketball lives up to team motto in dominant win over Chicago State

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter November 13, 2024

The clock hadn’t gone past the first two minutes of the game when Texas men’s basketball forced Chicago State to call its first timeout. The Longhorns led 7-0 while the Cougars already had three fouls. The...

Marissa Espinoza runs down a hill at the Stormy Seas Invitational on Aug. 30, 2024.

Texas Cross Country coach helps a pair of twins be themselves on and off the course

Alistair Manliguez, General Sports Reporter November 7, 2024

When the Texas cross country team went on a camping trip in August, women’s cross-country assistant coach Sarah Smith separated a pair of twins on the team. The twins, Marissa and Melody Espinoza, credit...

Elizabeth Stockman and Eva Jess lead the pack at the Stormy Seas Opener on Aug. 30, 2024.

Texas places fifth at NCAA SEC Cross Country Championships

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter November 5, 2024

The NCAA Cross Country Conference Championships were held on Nov. 1 in College Station for the first time since Texas and Oklahoma joined the Southeastern Conference. Texas women’s cross country placed...

Isaac Alonzo runs the final stretch of the 8k course at the Cowboy Jamboree Meet on Sept. 23, 2023.

Men’s cross country finishes fourth at SEC Championships

Tyler Firtel, General Sports Reporter November 3, 2024

On Friday, unranked Texas men’s cross-country placed fourth in its debut SEC Cross Country Championships in College Station. The Longhorns finished behind No. 3 Arkansas, No. 11 Alabama and Ole Miss...

Junior Eva Jess races down the last stretch at the Cowboy Jamboree on Sep. 23, 2023. Jess finished in 8th place with a time of 21:39.

A new conference and one last year for Eva Jess as a Longhorn

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter November 1, 2024

In her final season running for the Longhorns, senior Eva Jess is making strides to leave her footprints on Texas cross country. Not only has Jess set three personal bests this season, but they are huge...

Eva Jess runs down the final stretch of the 6000-meter course at the Cowboy Jamboree on Sept. 23, 2023.

Texas women’s cross country finishes regular season at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter October 22, 2024

Texas women’s cross country competed in Madison, Wisconsin, at Pre-Nationals on Oct. 19 to cap off the regular season. Texas finished 18th overall in the 6K race, earning a total of 499 points with seven...

Graduate student Isaac Alonzo leads the Texas Cross Country team down the first 100-meters of the Stormy Seas Opener course on Aug. 30, 2024.

Competing year-round, distance runners pace themselves race-by-race, month-by-month

Tyler Firtel, General Sports Reporter October 15, 2024

In the midst of his senior year cross country season, distance runner Isaac Alonzo is navigating life as a fall in-season student athlete. But he prepares to do so in the spring as well.  Each year...

Elizabeth Stockman, Eva Jess and Olivia Howell lead the pack at the Stormy Seas Opener on Aug. 30, 2024.

Texas takes 6th at Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational, multiple Longhorns earn personal bests

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter October 7, 2024

On Saturday, Texas women’s cross country placed sixth in the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational 6k race in Chicago, Illinois.  Coming off a 5k team win at the Chile Pepper Festival the week before,...

Elizabeth Stockman and Eva Jess lead the pack at the Stormy Seas Opener on Aug. 30, 2024.

Women’s cross country brings home 5k race win at Chile Pepper Festival

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter September 30, 2024

Texas women’s cross country competed in Fayetteville, Arkansas in the Chile Pepper Festival, bringing home a first-place team win in the 5k race on Sept. 28. The top three teams of the race were Texas...

From left to right: Isaac Alonzo, Jack Boyd and Emmanuel Sgouros lead the pack at the Stormy Seas Opener on Aug. 30, 2024.

Men’s cross country comes in fourth at 2024 Cowboy Jamboree

Tyler Firtel, General Sports Reporter September 29, 2024

No. 24 Texas men’s cross country competed in the 8K at the 2024 Cowboy Jamboree hosted in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Saturday, finishing fourth out of 17 universities in the team standings after accumulating...

Olivia Howell (left) and Elizabeth Stockman run to the finish line at the Stormy Seas Opener on Aug. 30, 2024. Howell finished in first place with a time of 17:15.

A farewell season for Olivia Howell, one last time with her longtime coach

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter September 25, 2024

When transferring from one university to another before the 2023-24 cross country season, then-senior Olivia Howell reconnected with a familiar face: her former coach at the University of Illinois, Sarah...

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