Cross Country

Tigers Finish Strong Among Division I Competition at Texas State

San Marcos, Texas - The Trinity University Tigers women’s cross country team won the Texas DIII Championship Saturday with 17 points, two points shy of a perfect score they registered while capturing the 2006 meet.

Seven of the Trinity runners finished in the top 10 of the 6k race, including the top two, at Abilene State Park.

Junior Emily Loeffler of San Antonio (O’Connor) repeated as champion, clocking in at 23 minutes, 49 seconds. First-year runner Caitlin Masse of Katy (Cinco Ranch) was runner-up at 23:54 and senior Leda McDaniel of Albuquerque, N.M. (Sandia), finished fourth with a 24:29. Tasha Lovell of Albuquerque (Sandia) came in sixth (24:47) and senior Jennifer Burn of Nashville (Harpeth Hall) was seventh at 24:50. Eighth place went to senior Kim Weeth of Albuquerque (Albuquerque Academy), clocking in at 24:53 and No. 11 was senior Alison Hoing of Steamboat Springs, Colo. (East) at 25:43. First-year Alisa Dill of Houston (Clear Lake) was 12^th with a 25:48.

The Tiger men were runners-up for the second year in a row in the 8k event. Trinity registered 43 points, just behind UT-Tyler with 39. Four Tiger men placed in the top 10, including fourth-place finisher Chass Armstrong of Boerne (Boerne), who clocked in at 26:51. Sophomore Bryant Wright of  Tulsa, Okla. (Holland Hall), was fifth (27:15) and senior Jeremy Daum of Houston (Clear Lake) placed seventh (27:40). First-year runner Zach Brush of Edmond, Okla. (Edmond North), was eighth at 28:11 and first year Ryan Luby of Dulles, Va. (American International), was 19th with a 29:14.

Both teams will have off next weekend, but will be back in action in San Antonio on October 6.  Trinity will compete in the Incarnate Word Invitational that morning.