Islanders Wrap-Up Regular Season at Arturo Barrios Invitational in South Texas Showdown

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – In its final tune-up meet before the conference championships, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's & women's cross country programs will compete in the Arturo Barrios Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M at the Dale Watts Course on Friday at 8:30 a.m.
 
The meet will also count towards the South Texas Showdown standings against UTRGV, presented by Rally Credit Union. The showdown is a 12-sport competition between the Islanders and the Vaqueros. As an institution, A&M-Corpus Christi leads the all-time series 5-2.
 
In addition to UTRGV, the Islanders will be going up against Texas A&M, Arkansas State, Baylor, Boston College, Connecticut, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Tech, Houston, HCU, UIW, Indiana, Kennesaw State, Lamar, UL-Lafayette, Louisville, LSU, Marshall, McNeese, New Mexico State, Nicholls, North Texas, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Rice, SMU, South Dakota State, Stephen F. Austin, TAMU-Texarkana, TCU, Texas State, Texas Tech, Toledo, Tulane, UCF, UCLA, Utah Valley, UT Arlington, UTEP, UTSA and Youngstown State.
 
The men will run an 8K at 8:30 a.m., followed by the women's 6K at 9:15 a.m.
 
"Both teams have put in a great two weeks of training. I am really excited for this final test before we enter the championship phase of the season. We left Minnesota with a pretty clear understanding of what we need to do to race at our best and I believe this will be a huge step in that direction," said head coach Bryan Jackson.

The Islanders have won three Southland Conference Athlete of the Week awards in two meets this season. Freshman Mathayo Kiptoo Bundotich and graduate Dennis Kipngeno have won for the men, and sophomore Deandra Ibarra won for the women. Bundotich won the Rice Invitational on Sept. 8 in his first-ever collegiate meet.
 
The 2023 SLC Championships are slated for Friday, Oct. 27 on the campus of UIW.
 
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