ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Concordia Texas cross country teams hosted and impressed at the Tornado Watch Invitational at Old Settlers Park on Thursday. The men's team placed third with 75 points, while the women's team came in 4th place with 115 points in the season opener.

On the men's side, sophomore Kamron Loera had the second-best time of the division III competitors as he paced the Tornados with a time of 17:56.6 in the 5k. Jacob Ismir, Samuel Valdez, Thomas Hughes, and Aaron Ramos all finished with a 5k time under twenty minutes. Junior Daniel Bizima rounded out the top-25 at 20:07.7. Preston Perkins and Jordon Chappell completed the points scored for CTX with nearly identical times of 25:16.3 and 25:16.5.

For the women's 5k, Brianna Lopez (26:37.9) and Alycia Barboza (26:52.8) were the top point scorers for Concordia. Rounding out the field and point scoring for CTX were Pendo Mugofwa (30:38.8), Jada Calais (30:51.1), and Kristine Regalado (30:56.2).

CTX will compete next Friday, Sept. 9 in Houston at the Rice Invitational.

TEAM SCORES - MEN

PLACE	TEAM	POINTS
1)	Texas	19
2)	Baylor	39
3)	Concordia Texas	75
4)	Huston-Tillotson	98

 
CTX 5K FINISHERS - MEN

PLACE	NAME	TIME
18)	Kamron Loera	17:56.6
20)	Jacob Ismir	18:21.0
21)	Sam Valdez	18:48.0
22)	Thomas Hughes	18:53.0
23)	Aaron Ramos	19:05.4
25)	Daniel Bizima	20:07.7
26)	Lawson Meiers	20:13.3
28)	Jorge Garcia	22:21.5
29)	David Urritia	22:51.9
31)	Christian Jimenez	24:30.4
33)	Preston Perkins	25:16.3
34)	Jordon Chappell	25:16.5
36)	FINISHERS	27:53.4

 
TEAM SCORES - WOMEN

PLACE	Team	Points
1)	Texas	22
2)	Baylor	37
3)	UMHB	80
4)	Concordia Texas	115

 
CTX 5K FINISHERS - WOMEN
 

PLACE	NAME	TIME
32)	Brianna Lopez	26:37.9
33)	Alycia Barboza	26:52.8
39)	Pendo Mugofwa	30:38.8
40)	Jada Calais	30:51.1
41)	Kristine Regalado	30:56.2
41)	FINISHERS	30:56.2

 
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