LSC Results/Schedule – Women | Men
TFFRS Results

The Lone Star Conference cross country season is five weeks in.
 
The LSC has 17 team championships so far: Cameron women (Cameron Invitational) and men (Cameron Invitational); DBU women (Gerald Richey UTA Invitational); Midwestern State women (Mustang Derby and SU Showdown); Texas A&M International women (Mountaineer Hill Country Invitational and Our Lady of the Lake Invitational) and men (UIW Invitational, Mountaineer Hill Country Invitational and Our Lady of the Lake Invitational); Texas A&M-Kingsville men (Bearkat Twilight); UT Tyler women (UT Tyler XC Opener) and men (UT Tyler XC Opener); West Texas A&M women (Texas Tech Open) and men (Texas Tech Open and Louisville Classic); and Western New Mexico women (Highlands University Cross Country Jam).
 
Six individuals have won a combined eight titles: Cameron senior Victor Ramos (Mustang Derby) and Boglarka Kalman (Mustang Derby and Cameron Invitational); TAMIU freshman Shamil Kiprono (UIW Invitational and Mountaineer Hill Country Invitational), freshman Yvyonne Jepkoech (Mountaineer Hill Country Invitational) and sophomore Ian Rono (OLLU Invite); and West Texas A&M freshman Meshack Keter (Louisville Classic).
 
Keter has been named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week twice: Sept. 22 and Oct. 5. He is the first Buff to be honored twice in the same season and first to win the national award since two-time NCAA Division II national champion William Amponsah in 2023.

With only one women's team and one men's team competing this week, the next LSC Cross Country Weekly Release will be Wednesday, Oct. 21. 
 
WT is the favorite to win both the LSC women’s and men’s title this season, according to the preseason polls. The LSC Runners to Watch lists includes 28 women and 25 men.
 
The LSC Cross Country Championships (women’s 6K and men’s 8K) are set for Saturday, Nov. 7 at LCU Cross Country Course in Lubbock, Texas. The event will be broadcast on FloCollege.
 
The NCAA Division II South Central Regional (women’s 6K and men’s 10K) will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 also at LCU Cross Country Course.
 
The NCAA Division II Championships (women’s 6K and men’s 10K) are set for Friday, Dec. 4 at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kan. The event will be broadcast on NCAA.com.
 
 
USTFCCCA Women’s Division II National Poll / Oct. 7: #8 WT, #23 DBU. Next ranking Oct. 14
 
USTFCCCA Men’s Division II National Poll / Oct. 7: #4 WT. Next ranking Oct. 14.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS OF THE WEEK

(Oct. 2-3 meets)
 
WOMEN’S
Lesli Salas, DBU, Sr., Commercial Art, San Angelo, Texas
DBU senior Lesli Salas ran a personal-best 16:58.4 in the 5K for a top-20 finish at the Chile Pepper Festival at Agri Park in Fayetteville, Ark. Salas, who wins the league’s top weekly award for the second time this year, had the second best time of any Division II runner in the field of 256 (which included runners from 15 Division I teams). Salas also helped the Patriots to an 11th place finish.
 
MEN’S & MEN’S FRESHMAN
Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M, Fr., Undecided, Iten, Kenya
West Texas A&M freshman Meshack Keter ran an 8K personal-best 23:33.4 to win the Louisville Classic at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky. Keter, who sweeps the league’s top weekly awards for the second time this season, crossed the finish line more than nine seconds faster than the runner-up. His performance, which topped the field of 252 runners, also helped the Buffs to the team title.
 
WOMEN’S FRESHMAN
Montse Guerra, DBU, Fr., Pre-Nursing, Arlington, Texas
DBU freshman Montse Guerra ran a personal-best 17:59.0 in the 5K at the Chile Pepper Festival at Agri Park in Fayetteville, Ark. Guerra, who wins the league’s top weekly freshman award for the second time this season, finished 70th out of the Division I-heavy field of 256 runners. She also helped the Patriots finish 11th out of 28 teams.
 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
 
LSC Women’s Runner of the Week
Sept. 9             Brooke Latham, Oklahoma Christian
Sept. 16            Lesli Salas, DBU
Sept. 23            Michelle Jemutai, West Texas A&M
Sept. 30            McKenna Sahd, Western New Mexico
Oct. 7               Lesli Salas, DBU (2)
 
LSC Men’s Runner of the Week
Sept. 9             Jacob Rivera, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Sept. 16            Shamil Kiprono, Texas A&M International
Sept. 23            Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M
Sept. 30            Victor Ramos, Cameron
Oct. 7               Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M (2)
 
LSC Women’s Freshman Runner of the Week
Sept. 9             Joan Jerono, UT Dallas
Sept. 16            Montse Guerra, DBU
Sept. 23            Michelle Jemutai, West Texas A&M
Sept. 30            Boglarka Kalman, Cameron
Oct. 7               Montse Guerra, DBU (2)
 
LSC Men’s Freshman Runner of the Week
Sept. 9             Ryder Strohman, Oklahoma Christian
Sept. 16            Shamil Kiprono, Texas A&M International
Sept. 23            Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M
Sept. 30            Ryder Strohman, Oklahoma Christian (2)
Oct. 7               Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M (2)
 
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
Sept. 21            Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M
Oct. 5               Meshack Keter, West Texas A&M