Long before fans filled TDECU Stadium for Saturday’s football match, nine Cougars were in College Station to compete at the Texas A&M Invitational for cross-country.
Senior Brian Barraza had a near-perfect return to cross-country competition after redshirting 2016. In his first meet since 2015, Barraza won the men’s 8,000-meter race in a time of 23 minutes, 51.5 seconds. He may not have matched his time of 23:28.04 from two years ago, but he was still able to win the meet regardless.
The men as a team improved from ninth last year to fifth this year.