Midwestern State's Kayla Hendrix and Abilene Christian's Daniel Maina were named Lone Star Conference cross country Runner of the Week for their performances last week.

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LSC Runners of the Week
Female
Kayla Hendrix, Midwestern State University
Fr., Lubbock, Texas/Wolforth Frenship
Hendrix led Midwestern State to a fifth-place finish at the Missouri Southern Stampede as the freshman from Lubbock set a program record by completing the 5K course in 18:08.07. Hendrix was one of four MSU runners to smash the school's old 5K record as the Mustangs finished third among NCAA Division II teams at the 34-team meet. She finished 18th individually in the 278-runner field.

Male
Daniel Maina, Abilene Christian University
So., Nanyuki, Kenya
Maina finished third at the Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock, covering the 8-kilometer course at the Meadowbrook Golf Course in 24:44.05.  Maina's performance helped the Wildcats finish fourth in the overall team standings.

LSC Cross Country Notes (Submitted by LSC SID's)
Abilene Christian
Winrose Karunde finished fifth at the Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock last Friday, covering the 5-kilometer course at Meadowbrook Golf Course in 18:32.41.  Karunde's effort helped the 10th-ranked Wildcats finish sixth in the overall team standings...

Angelo State

Cameron  

Central Oklahoma  
UCO competed for team honors for the first time this season after gaining a fifth runner before last weekend's Missouri Southern Stampede and the Bronchos finished 15th in the 34-team event . . . Sophomore Alina Istrate led UCO with a 21st-place finish in the huge race, finishing the 5k race in 18:27.3, while junior Evelyn Berko was 36th in 19:00.5...

East Central

Eastern New Mexico  
The men's cross country team turned in a seventh place finish at the Texas Tech Jackrabbit Open and were led by Logan Robertson's 43rd place finish. The Greyhounds were third in the event among participating NCAA Division II teams. Eastern will return to action on Tuesday, October 14th, for the Angelo State Classic... The women's cross country team turned in a seventh place finish at the Texas Tech Jackrabbit Open and were led by Yared Gamiz's 43rd place finish. The Zias were third in the event among participating NCAA Division II teams. Eastern will return to action on Tuesday, October 14th, for the Angelo State Classic... Yared Gamiz paced the Zias at the Texas Tech Jackrabbit Open last week, finishing in 22:48.11... Logan Robertson  paced the Greyhounds in the 8k run at the Texas Tech Jackrabbit Open last week, finishing in 28:11.32...

Midwestern State  

Southeastern Oklahoma  

Southwestern Oklahoma

Tarleton State
The men's team placed third at the Texas A&M Invitational, finishing in front of Division I members Baylor, Rice and Texas-Arlington.  Gerzain Valenzuela led the Texans, crossing the finish line with a time of 25:23.941.  He and five other Texan runners finished in the top 50 in a race with over 100 runners.  The Texans will participate in the UNT Invitational in Denton this weekend... Tarleton State University    The women's team finished in ninth place at the Texas A&M Invitational.  Kymberlee Trnka was the top runner for the TexAnns, finishing with a time of 19:38.820.  The TexAnns will participate in the UNT Invitational in Denton this weekend...Gerzain Valenzuela was the second Division II runner and 14th overall to cross the finish line on Friday at the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station.  Gerzain finished with a time of 25:23.941, just 10 seconds shy of the Tarleton school record, as he guided the Texans to a third place finish just behind Division I members, Texas A&M and Stephen F. Austin.  His top 15 finish helped the Texans finish in front of Baylor, Rice and Texas-Arlington...

Texas A&M-Commerce

Texas A&M-Kingsville  

West Texas A&M