AUSTIN, Texas – Fifteen members of the Texas Track and Field/Cross Country program earned a spot on the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country teams, the league office announced Wednesday. Twelve of the Longhorns' honorees received first-team distinguishment. In total, seven men and nine women were recognized.
The Texas women had eight first-team honorees in Claudine Blancaflor, Alyssa Duhart, Jennelle Jaeger-Darakjy, Beth Ramos, Maddy Stephens, Valery Tobias, Madeline Vondra and Isabella West. Halena Rahmaan received second-team recognition. On the men's side, Crayton Carrozza, Cruz Gomez, Haftu Knight, Sam Worley and Kobe Yepez were named to the first team, while Yaseen Abdalla and Brendan Hebert collected second-team honors.