Buffs Win Their 13th Straight Lone Star Conference Championship

CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Buffaloes placed five runners inside the Top-10 on Saturday morning as they won their 13^th consecutive Lone Star Conference Men’s Cross Country Championships at AP Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
Adrian Legarreta finished second overall with a time of 23:54.73 followed by Matthys Bourse in 3^rd (24:37.18), Tommasso Toppi in 4^th (24:58.64), Branch Cox in 5^th (25:09.74) and Fintan Kavanaugh in 6^th (25:10.49).
 

Texas A&M International’s Ian Rono won the LSC Individual Championship as the freshman from Eldoret, Kenya ran a time of 23:31.49.
 
Emil Meggle claimed a 27^th place finish with a time of 25:59.19) followed by Adrian Solis in 40^th (26:92.62), Shane Ketchum in 43^rd (26:33.90), Jordan Purcell in 64^th (27:28.01) and Rudy Juarez in 76^th (27:50.56).
 

West Texas A&M’s 13^th straight crown saw the Buffs register 20 total points followed by Dallas Baptist (77), UT Tyler (93), Oklahoma Christian (134) and Cameron (169) to round out the top five. WT’s current run of titles is the second longest stream in league history behind Abilene Christian (20, 1991-2010).
 
WT turns their attention to preparation for the NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, November 8^th at Walking Stick Golf Club in Pueblo, Colorado.