Category: Cross Country
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Been There, ‘Run’ That
Cross-country starts season off strong with fi rst, second place at recent ASC championship At around 6:30 every morning while the campus and sun still lie dormant, the UTD cross-country team warms up and prepares for the day’s training. This is the same routine that the team had leading up to their most recent ASC…
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The Race Home
Collegiate cross-country teams from across Texas compete at UTD for first time For the first time in team history, the university’s D-III cross-country teams hosted a home meet in Richardson for a collegiate race. The UTD Cross-Country Invitational, held at the Practice Tee Golf Center near campus on Sept. 14, made program history as the first home meet. The men’s team took second place with 63…
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Men’s Cross Country Leads First Two Races of Season
Women’s team placed second, fourth in last two races The men’s and women’s cross-country teams have competed in two races in the season so far, with the men placing first and second, and the women placing second and fourth. The men’s team lived up to their ASC Champion title with a first-place finish at the…
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Men’s cross country takes first league title
The men’s cross country team was named the 2018 ASC champion at a tournament hosted by McMurry University on Oct. 27 for the first time in program history. Previously, the men’s team had finished second in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons. 127 runners participated, with members of the men’s team all placing within the…
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Freshman runner ends ASC dry spell
After running 8 kilometers in 26 minutes and 10.76 seconds, a UTD men’s cross country runner earned the title of American Southwest Conference runner of the week for the first time since 2010. Undecided freshman Cannon Leavitt placed third at the Red River Shootout on Sept. 28. His time was the second-fastest recorded in the…
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Full-time coach joins cross country teams
The men and women’s cross-country teams entered the fall 2018 season with their first full-time coach, who will oversee both teams this semester. Though the announcement of Danielle Kcholi’s full-time status was made on July 5, she has worked with both teams since last year. Senior runner and political science major Alireza Nourani, who competes…
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Cross-country runs past barriers
For the first time in program history, the UTD women’s cross-country team captured the ASC Championship title. At the Oct. 29 meet, the top two women’s individual finishers and another runner in the top 10 represented UTD. Head coach Rayn House was also named the ASC Women’s Cross-Country Coach of the Year. While the win…
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Cross-country runners from across country
Ever since senior Samantha Hartke and freshman Sara Hartke were little, they have always enjoyed being active. Fast-forward years later and they continue to run side-by-side — this time on UTD’s women’s cross-country team. Sara and Samantha Hartke grew up constantly moving because of their father’s position in the Air Force. They spent a few…
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Updates
TEAMS FALL IN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS The women’s soccer team and volleyball season came to a close in the ASC tournament on Nov. 8. The women’s soccer team was taken out 2-0 against the eventual conference champion Hardin-Simmons in the semifinals. The volleyball team, on the other hand, made it to the championship match against Mary…