On Friday morning, Houston’s cross country men’s team scored a seventh-place finish while the women’s cross country team finished eighth at the American Athletic Conference Championships at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Florida.
The men’s team accumulated 184 points earning their seventh-place finish. Senior Devin Vallejo-Bannister became the first Cougar to finish the 8K run, earning 16 points after his time stopped at 25:00.4.
Following Vallejo, junior Brandon Seagreaves scored a 23rd-place finish with a time of 25:21.5. Fellow junior Alan Elbanna’s time stopped at 26:16.4 with a ranking of 42.
Freshman Thomas Crider became the next Cougar to cross the finish line with a rank of 58.