#11 Buffs Journey to Fort Worth to Defend Their LSC Crown

CANYON, Texas – The #11 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M look to defend their Lone Star Conference Cross Country crown on Saturday morning as they journey to Fort Worth, Texas for the league’s annual championship meet at AP Ranch with the 8K race beginning at 9:45 a.m.

• LSC Men’s Cross Country History LINK
• 2025 LSC Cross Country Championships LINK
• Live Results LINK

The Buffs have gained 12 straight LSC Cross Country titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) which is the second longest stream in league historical past behind Abilene Christian (20, 1991-2010).
 

West Texas A&M options seven student-athletes who’ve claimed a person crown: Dylan Doss (2013), Geoffrey Kipchumba (2015, 2016), Owen Hind (2017), Ezekiel Kipchirchir (2019), Innocent Murwanashyaks (2021), Harry Lourador (2022) and William Amponsah (2023, 2024).
 

The LSC will see a brand new title atop the person champion checklist because the final three winners have moved on. Ian Rono of Texas A&M International and West Texas A&M duo Adrian Legarreta and Matthys Bourse are one-two-three on the highest 8k occasions checklist this season. Legarreta and Bourse are joined by UT Tyler’s David Soto as returning all-conference finishers from a yr in the past.
 
Five occasions within the 42-year historical past of the LSC males’s championship a workforce has gained with an ideal 15 factors, together with the final two years with WT reaching perfection. Year one of many LSC males’s championship was in 1982. 
 

WT carries a streak of 12 straight workforce titles (2013-24) into the 2025 meet. Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M-Kingsville have every claimed two workforce wins. With the final 4 particular person titles, WT totals 9 particular person champions, together with the final 4. Cameron and ENMU every have two medalists with TAMUK at one.
 
NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship season begins with the South Central Regional on November 8 at Walking Stick Golf Club in Pueblo, Colorado. Teams and people who qualify out of the regional will head to the Division II Men’s and Women’s National Championship scheduled November 22 at Kenosha, Wis., and the Wayne E. Dannehl National XC Course.