Commerce, Texas

The Texas A&M-Commerce men's and women's cross country teams finished eighth and ninth, respectively at the Lone Star Conference Championships on Saturday morning.

Abilene Christian swept both team titles in convincing fashion. In the men's race, the Wildcats placed five runners in the top six overall led by first-place finisher Nicodemus Naimdu, who crossed the line in 24:33.

The Lions men were led by freshman Alfredo Soto, who covered the 8k distance in 27:51 en route to a 27th-place finish overall. Behind Soto were Jerry Delafuente and Robert Reed, who finished 37th (29:16) and 40th (29:27), respectively. The next two Lions finishers were Lance Smith (51st -- 31:51) and Anthony Tosie (52nd -- 32:58). Jacob Almond was 54th (34:11) and Sammie Ervan was 56th (36:39) to round out the A&M-Commerce lineup.

Led by an all-Lone Star Conference performance by Niki Williams, who finished sixth (22:34), to lead the Lions to a ninth-place finish. Teammate Sheila Bishop was 32nd (24:38) and Kara Bickel was 47th (25:24) for the second and third A&M-Commerce runners to cross the line. Rounding out the lineup were Andra Bickel and Haley Wright, who finished 60th (26:17) and 61st (26:19), respectively.

The Abilene Christian women took the team title with a strong performance, led by individual champion Loice Cheboi, who covered the 6k in 21:38, 17 seconds ahead of her closest competitor. The Wildcats also had the third and tenth place finishers for three runners in the top and two more who finished in the top 16.

The Lions will next travel to the NCAA South Central Regional on Saturday, Nov. 4 in Warrensburg, Missouri.