MARSHALL, Texas - After an entire fall semester without running, both the East Texas Baptist University men's and women's cross country teams will start their spring season with their first meet in Tennessee. They will be running at the Rhode College Invitational in Memphis.
Below is information on the invitational.
▶️Meet #1 @ Rhodes College Invitational
🗓️ Saturday, January 30 |🕰️10:00 AM
ETBU MXC
* Returning two members in
Mack Broussard and
Quinten Ford.
* Adding six newcomers in
Elijah Baker,
Cristian Garzon, Keith Glenn,
Jayden King,
Rangel Miller,
Carlos Torres-Izquierdo to the mix.
* Broussard finished with three top-five finishes in 2019, including second place finishes at the UT-Tyler Braveheart Invitational (2nd; 16:16) and the ETBU Home Meet (2nd; 27:10.7). He was an All-ASC first team member for the third time in his career.
* Ford's best finish of 2019 was at the ETBU Home Meet (21st; 29:43.6)
* Predicted to finish tied for 5th with 70 votes (one first place vote). Broussard and Miller named on runners to watch list.
* Placed 17th out of 21 teams in last season's Rhodes College Invite. Broussard finished 62nd (28:12.3) while Ford ran 183rd (31:40.1)
ETBU WXC
* Returning three runners from the 2019 team, which includes
Samantha Garcia,
Evelyn Mireles, and
Rachel Morrison
* Adding two newcomers to join ETBU in
Maty Bagley, and
Madelynn Smith.
* Morrison (3rd; 21:02), Garcia (4th; 22:54), and Mireles (15th; 26:33) had their best finishes of the 2019 season at the Nicole Lehman Invitational hosted by LeTourneau University.
* Predicted to finish fifth in the American Southwest Conference with 81 votes (one first place vote).
* Morrison and Smith named to the ASC Runners to Watch List.
* Finished 18th out of 21 teams in the Rhodes College Invite last season. Mireles ran 163rd at a time of 30:43.1 seconds.
