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Cross Country

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...

Graduate student Beth Ramos runs towards the finish line at the Cowboy Jamboree on Sep. 23, 2023. Ramos took 5th place with a time of 21:14, leading the Longhorns to place second as a team.

Women’s cross country seeks first Big 12 title on Saturday

Caiden Lujin, General Sports Reporter October 27, 2023

Texas women’s cross country heads to Ames, Iowa on Saturday for the Big 12 Championships, looking to win their first ever conference title. The annual event is in its 27th season taking place at Iowa...

Ready to break barriers: 2023 women’s cross country season preview

Ready to break barriers: 2023 women’s cross country season preview

Caiden Lujin, General Sports Reporter September 20, 2023

This year’s women’s cross country program, with its home rubber still hot from the June NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, is primed for a new era. If the Sept. 1 Stormy Seas Opener was...

All-American Susan Shurr will be inducted into the 2023 Hall of Honor

All-American Susan Shurr will be inducted into the 2023 Hall of Honor

Katie Borchetta, Sports Desk Editor September 14, 2023

A former women’s track and field star, Susan Shurr will join 10 other former successful Longhorn athletes into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor on Friday.  Shurr’s Texas career started off strong...

James H. Means Jr., UT’s first African American student athlete, to be inducted into Hall of Honor

James H. Means Jr., UT’s first African American student athlete, to be inducted into Hall of Honor

JT Bowen, Senior Sports Reporter September 14, 2023

The path was never a typical one for James H. Means Jr. Now, nearly 60 years after his remarkable career running track at Texas, he’ll get his flowers. This Friday, Means is set to be inducted into...

Texas men’s, women’s cross country teams wrap up season in NCAA national championships

Texas men’s, women’s cross country teams wrap up season in NCAA national championships

Brock Bolinger, Sports reporter November 22, 2022

Both the Texas men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma on Saturday to compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Both teams qualified last week by finishing...

Texas men’s, women’s cross country teams finish second in NCAA Regional Championships

Texas men’s, women’s cross country teams finish second in NCAA Regional Championships

Brock Bolinger, General Sports Reporter November 14, 2022

Texas men’s and women’s cross country teams secured automatic bids to the NCAA Championships after both finished second in the NCAA South Central Regionals on Friday in College Station. Arkansas...

Men’s, women’s cross country finishes 3rd, 4th at Big 12 Championships

Men’s, women’s cross country finishes 3rd, 4th at Big 12 Championships

Elijah Garcia, General Sports Reporter October 30, 2022

Texas men’s and women's cross country teams competed at the Big 12 Championships in Lubbock on Friday, where the men earned a third-place finish and the women landed in fourth place. Oklahoma State...

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Big 12 Cross Country Championship men’s preview

Ethan Ferguson, Sports Reporter December 17, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 29 flipbook. Ranked the highest it’s been since 2013, No. 14 Texas men’s cross country will return to The Greiner Family OSU Cross Country...

Best friends, twins, rivals: Cross country runners Isabel, Monica Hebner take long way around to Texas

Best friends, twins, rivals: Cross country runners Isabel, Monica Hebner take long way around to Texas

Emily Schumacher, Sports Reporter December 15, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 19 flipbook.  For as long as they can remember, twins Monica and Isabel Hebner have shared everything: the same childhood bedroom,...

Led by Abdalla, Knight, Texas cross country finishes season with solid showing at NCAA championships

Led by Abdalla, Knight, Texas cross country finishes season with solid showing at NCAA championships

Ethan Ferguson, Sports Reporter November 20, 2021
At Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, junior Yaseen Abdalla led the Longhorns, crossing the finish line first in 32nd place with a personal best time of 29:28.1.
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