Sept. 30, 2006

Men's Results  
Women's Results
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The Texas A&M-Commerce women's cross country team finished 10th out of 23 teams at the 70th running of the Cowboy Stampede on Saturday morning. Lone Star Conference rival Angelo State won the team title, placing three runners in the top 13. Another LSC representative Rachel Ingram of Southwestern Oklahoma was the individual champion in 18:37, a ten-second victory over her closest competitor.

Senior Niki Williams, who was the first A&M-Commerce runner across the line for the 15th-straight meet in a time of 19:65, led the Lions, who are ranked No. 8 in the NCAA Division II South Region. The 16th-place finish for the Fayetteville, Arkansas is her 11th top-20 finish in her career.

The next two A&M-Commerce finishers were separated by 23 seconds, when junior Tiara Medlock crossed the line in 27th in 20:05 and freshman Sheila Bishop was 41st in a time of 20:28.

Next, freshman Haley Wright set a personal best by 11 seconds, finishing in 21:19 and 78th place overall and rounding out the Lions lineup was senior Andra Bickel, who finished 108th and in 22:34.

On the men's side, the Lions finished 19th and were led by freshman Alfredo Soto, who was 23rd in a season-best 8k time by 13 seconds with a time of 27:07.

Behind Soto was fellow newcomer Jerry Delafuente, who finished 83rd in 29:22 and teammate Robert Reed was 107th in 30:55. The final two A&M-Commerce runners to finish were Lance Smith, who finished in (119th) 34:08 and Sammie Ervan, who finished in 38:31 (127th).

Oklahoma Baptist won the team title with four runners in the top 17 and a 51-second split among its top five runners. Daniel Maina of Cowley won the individual title in 24:46, finishing 22 seconds ahead of his closet competitior.