TCU cross country teams head to Florida

The TCU men’s and women’s cross country teams return to action on Saturday, when they travel to Tampa, Fla., to compete in the Conference USA Cross Country Championships, hosted by the University of South Florida. The men’s 8K race will begin at 8:30 a.m. and includes 12 C-USA programs (all except Southern Miss and UAB). The 6K women’s competition begins at 9:30 a.m. and will include competitors from all 14 C-USA schools.

The Frogs will be led by junior Mary Kinyanjui. Kinyanjui has posted top five finishes in each of the last three meets and figures to be in the mix for the individual title. She is looking to join Glady’s Keitany as the only women’s conference cross country champion in TCU history. Keitany won the title twice, in the Western Athletic Conference in 2000 and in Conference USA in 2001.

On the men’s side TCU will be paced by junior Jackson Langat. An all-America middle distance runner on the track, Langat earned second team all-conference honors a year ago.

— courtesy of (www.gofrogs.com)