No Zack Munger, no Aiden Gonzalez-Rodiles, and no Diego Heredia for the Aggies despite being listed to run
*** 2025 Texas A&M Cross Country Season Thread ***
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A TCU runner blew away the field, but A&M takes the team win!
Our girls would have beat some of the guys who raced
It's only the first meet. Will get a better idea in a couple of weeks at our home meet.
Lots of takeaways and many positive things after an easy rust busting 5k to start the season! Very very very early in the year, but still lots we can gain from this race! Love how we're racing close to one another at the top! It's a good sign and hopefully they continue to grow as the season goes on! Nothing better than walking away with 2 team victories!
Yeah I'm hoping we get some good competition there!
How is the time that San Juanita posted compared to her times before injury?
It's pretty off, everyone ran a slow time since it's early in the season and must have been a difficult 5k course. She tried taking the lead early on and distancing herself from the rest of the pack. She then fell back halfway through. I applaud her confidence to try to go out fast, but she just couldn't handle that pace. Hopefully she'll continue to her back in shape!! She has it in her!
taylorswift13_ said:
Women 5k Results
1. Megan Roberts - 17:53.32
2. Kennady Fontenot - 17:53.34
3. Joyce Kemboi - 17:56
4. Sophia Bendet - 18:03
5. Alexandra Fox - 18:21
6. Elise Smoot - 18:25
8. Staucie Lees - 18:27
9. Ava Cole - 18:28
10. San Juanita Leal - 18:31
11. Penelope Gracey - 18:36
This is a nationally relevant roster, based on the HS talent.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
The crazy thing is Roberts was probably the least heralded of the entire bunch coming out of high school. She has done an incredible job so far.
I'll have a preview for the meet coming up tomorrow. A&M has always shared early who's attending their meets, but I can't find much info ok this one. It's also a high school meet and there's always some great talent running there. Last two high school meet winners were our very own, Maddie Peters and Sophia Bendet!
If you're in the BCS area, try to make it out to the course Saturday morning! I promise you it's a fun experience!
#PackDale
If you're in the BCS area, try to make it out to the course Saturday morning! I promise you it's a fun experience!
#PackDale
taylorswift13_ said:
If you're in the BCS area, try to make it out to the course Friday morning!
Tailgating for 24 hours.
Park near the finish line and give our runners something to run to
BTW the meet is Saturday, not Friday.
Thanks for that!
Still no update on live results or what teams are competing. No story from the 12th man either
Look Out Below said:
The crazy thing is Roberts was probably the least heralded of the entire bunch coming out of high school. She has done an incredible job so far.
Sub - 5 miler and 2:15 800m in HS, both in 5A I believe. Any college coach who says they can tell if those numbers are peaks or the middle of an upward progression is lying. That's why it's just easier these days to buy professionals from Africa than to develop talent. Kudos to Megan.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
taylorswift13_ said:
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94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
Wonder if their mileage accounts for running around college students! When I was a student a few years back on Monday's I'd sit outside between classes and always see them doing an easy run through the middle of campus lol.
Cooper Cawthra spotted on their runs and on the start list for the meet
Other schools attending: Blinn, Dallas Baptist, Houston, North Texas, Ouchita Baptist, Our Lady of the Lake, Prairie View, Sam Houston, SMU, St. Edwards, TCU, Texas A&M, UC San Diego, Ut Tyler, Ut Arlington
Too many branch schools and religious schools to be a competitive meet, but it should still be a good one!! Texas Arlington has some solid international runners and I'm interested to see how the SMU women look after finally graduating a few girls who had been there for 10 years lol.
Every women on the starting list other than Debora Cherono (sad tswift). Hope she's healthy. On the men's side no Victor Kibiego, Luca Santorum, Ondrej Gajdos, Youssef Asslouj, or Michael Moiben (who I don't think is enrolled and won't get to race this season, so even more sad tswift) not sure why no international guys are running for us. What a weird international coincidence
Too many branch schools and religious schools to be a competitive meet, but it should still be a good one!! Texas Arlington has some solid international runners and I'm interested to see how the SMU women look after finally graduating a few girls who had been there for 10 years lol.
Every women on the starting list other than Debora Cherono (sad tswift). Hope she's healthy. On the men's side no Victor Kibiego, Luca Santorum, Ondrej Gajdos, Youssef Asslouj, or Michael Moiben (who I don't think is enrolled and won't get to race this season, so even more sad tswift) not sure why no international guys are running for us. What a weird international coincidence
Will do a meet preview tonight!
Aggie Cross Country was included on the infamous graphic by our athletic department showing A&M was undefeated in fall sports. Since then soccer and volleyball have gone 0-3, can cross country break the curse!
Texas A&M Invitational Preview
Date: September 13th - Saturday
Time: Men - 8:00, Women - 8:35 (High School 7:20)
Location: Dale Watts Cross Country Course - College Station, Texas
Distance: Men - 8k, Women - 5k
Notable Opponents: TCU, SMU, Houston, Ut-Arlington, San Diego State
Live Results: https://flashresults.com/2026_Meets/xc/TAMUinvite/index.htm
Home sweet home. Tell your loved one, tell your neighbors, tell your dogs, tell the cashier at HEB, tell your annoying co-worker, heck go tell your ex, tell everyone!! Your favorite cross country team is back in action this weekend to host and compete in the Texas A&M Invitational. At the renowned Dale Watts Cross Country Course located here in Aggieland, we will host 16 schools and plenty of high school teams for our courses home opener. It doesn't get better than cheering our Aggies down the long home stretch of Dale Watts.
A beautiful white picket fence lines the homestretch where fans convene to see our Age run to the finish line while others can barely walk across it lol. Our course is one of the premier courses in the nation and it's a very spectator friendly course that gives you plenty of opportunities to see your Aggies in action. The course is designed to run multiple kilometer distances, but Saturday the men will run an 8k and the women a 5k.
Last time out both genders ran a 5k. This time we'll see our men go up in distance and it will remain that distance all the way up to conference. It'll. be interesting to see how our men do at the greater distance. They ran well as a team last meet. We saw freshman Gavin Chapa lead the way in his Aggie debut, followed by great runs by Jack Johnston and a huge performance by Carter Gordy. The men won the TCU Invitational over the hosts. This week the two schools will go at it again and should provide a fun competition as they fight for first overall. This week hopefully we get to see Zack Munger and at his full health he'll fight to be at the top of our lineup and provide a big boost. As will Cooper Cawthra if he's set to run. He still hasn't been added to the roster, but if can run he'll boost our teams chances also.
Unfortunately our men will not be at full strength, as we will be missing Victor Kibiego. We must wait another two weeks for his Aggie Cross Country debut after he was out all of last year. Transfer Youssef Asslouj isn't set to run as well, neither is Luca Santorum or Ondrej Gajdos. It would great to see them all run at home, but we will have to wait to see our team at full strength. Hopefully they are all healthy.
The women are set to run another 5k. Most likely next meet they will bump up to a 6k as that is their postseason distance. All but one of the omen on the roster are scheduled to compete. The lone runner not listed is Debora Cherono who still has yet to make her Aggie debut in cross country like Kibiego. However, we get to see most of our team and many big time runners for the women. A photo finish separated Megan Roberts and Kennady Fontenot last time out and both look to lead the way again for our team and for the whole meet. But don't count out freshman Sophia Bendet. Last year she won the high school portion of this meet and will look to stay undefeated on her new home course. Joyce Kemboi also ran really well in her Aggie debut last week and I'm excited to see her keep growing and growing! We'll see if SJ Leal is getting stronger and stronger the more she races as well!
It'll be very interesting to see how the rest of the lineup shakes out. This is one of the most deep lineups we've ever had and the competition to get into the scoring 5 will be tight as ever. That's the beauty of our depth. There is also question to how we race in a deeper field. I'd love to see us take the race our early and asset ourselves up front. It'll be good practice for bigger and more competitive meets. UT-Arlington has an excellent runner in Metro Jepkemboi and they added another freshman from Kenya as well in freshman Dorcas Jepkosgei who beat Matro last week. Them two along with our top girls should provide an excellent race.
It's meet two of a long season, but it's the next step of the process and a good indicator of how we're looking. Obviously we will be missing some pieces, but it's interesting to see where we stand and how the placings shake out! I encourage all of you to get out to the course and cheer on our runners! It's a great activity for all ages, whether you're a novice of the sport or completely unaware of it. I promise you'll have a blast! Our runners are amazing people on and off the course and deserve all your support! Can't wait to see how Saturday goes, go get after it distance crew and gig'em!
#PackDale
Date: September 13th - Saturday
Time: Men - 8:00, Women - 8:35 (High School 7:20)
Location: Dale Watts Cross Country Course - College Station, Texas
Distance: Men - 8k, Women - 5k
Notable Opponents: TCU, SMU, Houston, Ut-Arlington, San Diego State
Live Results: https://flashresults.com/2026_Meets/xc/TAMUinvite/index.htm
Home sweet home. Tell your loved one, tell your neighbors, tell your dogs, tell the cashier at HEB, tell your annoying co-worker, heck go tell your ex, tell everyone!! Your favorite cross country team is back in action this weekend to host and compete in the Texas A&M Invitational. At the renowned Dale Watts Cross Country Course located here in Aggieland, we will host 16 schools and plenty of high school teams for our courses home opener. It doesn't get better than cheering our Aggies down the long home stretch of Dale Watts.
A beautiful white picket fence lines the homestretch where fans convene to see our Age run to the finish line while others can barely walk across it lol. Our course is one of the premier courses in the nation and it's a very spectator friendly course that gives you plenty of opportunities to see your Aggies in action. The course is designed to run multiple kilometer distances, but Saturday the men will run an 8k and the women a 5k.
Last time out both genders ran a 5k. This time we'll see our men go up in distance and it will remain that distance all the way up to conference. It'll. be interesting to see how our men do at the greater distance. They ran well as a team last meet. We saw freshman Gavin Chapa lead the way in his Aggie debut, followed by great runs by Jack Johnston and a huge performance by Carter Gordy. The men won the TCU Invitational over the hosts. This week the two schools will go at it again and should provide a fun competition as they fight for first overall. This week hopefully we get to see Zack Munger and at his full health he'll fight to be at the top of our lineup and provide a big boost. As will Cooper Cawthra if he's set to run. He still hasn't been added to the roster, but if can run he'll boost our teams chances also.
Unfortunately our men will not be at full strength, as we will be missing Victor Kibiego. We must wait another two weeks for his Aggie Cross Country debut after he was out all of last year. Transfer Youssef Asslouj isn't set to run as well, neither is Luca Santorum or Ondrej Gajdos. It would great to see them all run at home, but we will have to wait to see our team at full strength. Hopefully they are all healthy.
The women are set to run another 5k. Most likely next meet they will bump up to a 6k as that is their postseason distance. All but one of the omen on the roster are scheduled to compete. The lone runner not listed is Debora Cherono who still has yet to make her Aggie debut in cross country like Kibiego. However, we get to see most of our team and many big time runners for the women. A photo finish separated Megan Roberts and Kennady Fontenot last time out and both look to lead the way again for our team and for the whole meet. But don't count out freshman Sophia Bendet. Last year she won the high school portion of this meet and will look to stay undefeated on her new home course. Joyce Kemboi also ran really well in her Aggie debut last week and I'm excited to see her keep growing and growing! We'll see if SJ Leal is getting stronger and stronger the more she races as well!
It'll be very interesting to see how the rest of the lineup shakes out. This is one of the most deep lineups we've ever had and the competition to get into the scoring 5 will be tight as ever. That's the beauty of our depth. There is also question to how we race in a deeper field. I'd love to see us take the race our early and asset ourselves up front. It'll be good practice for bigger and more competitive meets. UT-Arlington has an excellent runner in Metro Jepkemboi and they added another freshman from Kenya as well in freshman Dorcas Jepkosgei who beat Matro last week. Them two along with our top girls should provide an excellent race.
It's meet two of a long season, but it's the next step of the process and a good indicator of how we're looking. Obviously we will be missing some pieces, but it's interesting to see where we stand and how the placings shake out! I encourage all of you to get out to the course and cheer on our runners! It's a great activity for all ages, whether you're a novice of the sport or completely unaware of it. I promise you'll have a blast! Our runners are amazing people on and off the course and deserve all your support! Can't wait to see how Saturday goes, go get after it distance crew and gig'em!
#PackDale
My son ended up at UTA. He's the manager on the wheelchair basketball team.
My daughter made the Tulsa XC roster. They got their conference championship rings yesterday.
My daughter made the Tulsa XC roster. They got their conference championship rings yesterday.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
Wow that is awesome to hear for both! Congrats to you and them! Heck just making that roster must have been tough as hell! Hope college is going well for her! I'm really glad your son got an opportunity like that!
I was going to tell you, I was looking at tu's results and Isabel Conde de Frankenburg has run two 5k's and in their first meet she ran a 18:48 and was their 6th runner and in their meet today she was their 7th runner at 18:01… I was shocked
Tu men were without 3 (two contributors) of their runners today at a UIW meet and they LOST TO UIW. In fact got beat down by UIW lol. They ran a 6.4k
They only have 10 on the roster. They fired their coach Greg Metcalf and their women's distance coach took over both. They failed to bring in any elite transfers and lost most of their team. Looks like the men are off to a horrible start.
The women ran a 5k with their top runner at 17:10 and 5th runner at 17:58… and that was them at nearly full strength
They only have 10 on the roster. They fired their coach Greg Metcalf and their women's distance coach took over both. They failed to bring in any elite transfers and lost most of their team. Looks like the men are off to a horrible start.
The women ran a 5k with their top runner at 17:10 and 5th runner at 17:58… and that was them at nearly full strength
Guess Oregon didn't work out for her… not sure tu is either
They opened their schedule at Southwestern University in Georgetown, then competed at the University of Incarnate Word Invitational. They then take 3 weeks off before heading to Chile Pepper. Them opening up at these two meets is telling.
tu is a dumpster fire with Floreal now. Amazing how fast they fell.
taylorswift13_ said:
I was going to tell you, I was looking at tu's results and Isabel Conde de Frankenburg has run two 5k's and in their first meet she ran a 18:48 and was their 6th runner and in their meet today she was their 7th runner at 18:01… I was shocked
Why are you shocked? Because she's not injured, or because she isn't faster? She peaked in 2022, pretty much the same as Kailey Littlefield. Kailey edged her out in the 800 in 2022, but Isabel got her 2 years later, but they were both 1 - 2 seconds slower. We have a really bad problem with female runners peaking at age 16 (like Leachman winning the state meet by over a minute). We have to start recognizing how phenomenal these HS times are, but also how pedestrian they are compared to to D1 times. Littlefield runs 2:06 as a sophomore and Frankenberg runs 4:36. It's amazing, but it's also "so what." The assumption that these will somehow morph into Olympic trials times after 3 or 4 more years of grinding just isn't realistic. We're breaking girls at a time when their bodies are physiologically preparing for other things. No answers, just observations...
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
Oh yeah I absolutely agree, you are 100% correct. It's about which athletes can keep improving through college and especially in this state in recent years you see many go to college and struggle to find their footing! when I was in high school I remember thinking London Culbreath would be the next big thing.
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