RUSTON — The Louisiana Tech cross country teams will open the season at the Rice Invitational on Friday, September 13, at the Rice Intramural Field. The women's 4k will begin at 6:20 p.m., with the men's 5200 starting at 6:50 p.m.

DATE/TIME: Friday, September 13, women's 4k 6:20 p.m. CT | men's 5200 6:50 p.m.
LOCATION: Houston, Texas (Rice Intramural Field)
TEAMS: HCU, LeTourneau, Louisiana Tech, Loyola-New Orleans, North American (W), Northwestern State, Prairie View (W), Rice, St. Thomas (TX), Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Victoria College

The Bulldogs will look to carry the momentum from last season when they improved with every race.

Tech returns 11 runners, including Rebecca Quebedeaux and Jayce Wimbish, who earned Conference USA Athletes of the Week honors last season. Five newcomers will look to leave their mark.

Arie Linton and Gracie Pepitone join Quebedeaux and Wimbish as returners who will look to lead the young core of athletes.

Delaney Lopez and Landon Byrd are freshmen who will make an immediate impact on the Bulldogs.

QUOTABLES
Distance Coach Halle McClintock

"I'm super excited to get our season started this weekend! The group has gotten off to a strong start this year in training, and they have done a great job at buying into the team culture and my expectations for them. Since this is our first meet of the year, we'll use this as a hard effort to assess where our fitness is going into the rest of the season. We've been putting in a lot of miles, and I'm very impressed with their training so far. I look forward to seeing how that will pay off for them throughout the year!"

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