SAGU cross country makes last minute appearance at OBU
Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) cross country Walt Disney World Classic Oklahoma Baptist University
Despite the stressful change in travel, head coach Jason Covarrubias believes the change worked in SAGU鈥檚 favor.聽 The OBU course will be the same one they will run for the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships in four weeks.聽 鈥淢ost of my runners needed to see the聽difficulty of the course; it is very聽deceiving to say the least. 聽Your eyes say it’s flat but your legs tell you different!聽 The teams ran well, the competition was tough, and we聽didn’t bow down,鈥 says Covarrubias.
SAGU stand-out Destiny Garza finished fourth in the women鈥檚 5K.聽 Out of 138 runners, she finished in 18:50. Caitlin Cruz finished in 22:19 and Genny McCullough finished at 22:53.聽 The women鈥檚 team got 14 th place out of 15.
On the men鈥檚 side, Jerry Nava finished 23 rd out of 88 runners.聽 He crossed the finish line of the 8K at 26:51. Adrian Cedilla finished 38 th at 27:31.聽 The Lions placed 7 th out of ten teams.
鈥淲e have one more meet in a couple weeks, and this will be when they see all of our聽conference at聽the NAIA Mid-States Classic . 聽It聽will be fast and we will be ready to join in on the speed,鈥 says Covarrubias excitedly.
On October 22, 2016, SAGU will travel to Winfield, Kansas for the Mid-States Classic.聽 Start time is at 8am.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private, Christian university located 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Waxahachie, Texas. The university was established in 1927, and now offers more than 70 associate, bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees on campus or online. More information is available at www.sagu.edu or by calling 1-888-YES-SAGU.
Contact: Natalie Tristan, SAGU SID, [email protected]