{"id":432963,"date":"2026-09-11T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432963\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:30:09","slug":"mens-cross-countrys-torres-wins-texas-am-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432963\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Cross Country\u2019s Torres wins Texas A&M Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2013 Men’s Cross Country’s Aidan Torres<\/a> won the men’s 8K at the Texas A&M Invitational on Friday morning at Watts Cross Country Course, earning his second consecutive individual victory as Texas finished second in the men’s team standings. The Longhorn women placed seventh in the 5k.<\/p>\n

Torres covered the 8K course in 23:53.1, following his victory at last week’s Floyd Farms Invitational. Freshman Kai McCullough<\/a> finished fourth in 24:18.6, while Joaquin De La Cruz<\/a> placed 12th in a personal-best 24:37.5. Hudson Bennett<\/a> was 16th in 24:52.1, followed by Zain Hamdani<\/a> in 22nd at a personal-best 25:06.6 and Griffen Saacke<\/a> in 33rd at 25:21.3.<\/p>\n

Texas scored 58 points to finish second behind Stephen F. Austin, which totaled 39 points. TCU placed third with 72 points, followed by Houston with 81 and Texas A&M with 129.<\/p>\n

In the women’s 5K, Aishling Callanan<\/a> led the Longhorns in 26th place at 18:10.9. Lili Denton<\/a> finished 30th in 18:21.0, followed by Emma Rodriguez-Wade<\/a> in 34th at 18:25.3 and Cara Sims<\/a> in 40th at 18:29.5. Grace Kowalski<\/a> placed 47th in 18:43.4, while Gia Kurp<\/a> was 58th in 19:04.2 and Isabel Conde De Frankenberg<\/a> finished 61st in 19:07.2. McKale Lee<\/a> placed 80th in 19:34.9 in her first race of the season.<\/p>\n

Texas scored 166 points to finish seventh, while SMU won the team competition with 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns return to action Sept. 25 at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Missouri.<\/p>\n

Women’s 5K Results

\n26. Aishling Callanan<\/a> \u2013 18:10.9

\n30. Lili Denton<\/a> \u2013 18:21.0 (PB)

\n34. Emma Rodriguez-Wade<\/a> \u2013 18:25.3 (PB)

\n40. Cara Sims<\/a> \u2013 18:29.5 (PB)

\n47. Grace Kowalski<\/a> \u2013 18:43.4

\n58. Gia Kurp<\/a> \u2013 19:04.2

\n61. Isabel Conde De Frankenberg<\/a> \u2013 19:07.2

\n80. McKale Lee<\/a> \u2013 19:34.9 (PB)<\/p>\n

Men’s 8K Results

\n1. Aidan Torres<\/a> \u2013 23:53.1

\n4. Kai McCullough<\/a> \u2013 24:18.6 (PB)

\n12. Joaquin De La Cruz<\/a> \u2013 24:37.5 (PB)

\n16. Hudson Bennett<\/a> \u2013 24:52.1

\n22. Zain Hamdani<\/a> \u2013 25:06.6 (PB)

\n33. Griffen Saacke<\/a> \u2013 25:21.3 (PB)<\/p>\n

Full Team Results

\nWomen: 1. SMU \u2013 21 (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 14); 2. Texas A&M \u2013 81 (9, 11, 16, 21,24, 26, 39); 3. Houston \u2013 114 (10, 12, 27, 31, 34, 41, 47); 4. Stephen F. Austin \u2013 115 (4, 5, 29, 37, 40, 48, 49); 5. TCU \u2013 132 (15, 18, 20, 36, 43, 44, 59); 6. Louisiana \u2013 149 (17, 22, 25, 33, 52, 65, 71); 7. TEXAS \u2013 166 (23, 28, 32, 38, 45, 53, 55); 8. Lamar \u2013 213 (6, 35, 50, 58, 64, 76, 79); 9. St. Edward’s \u2013 281 (42, 46, 60, 63, 70, 73, 87); 10. UT-Tyler \u2013 282 (19, 56, 66, 69, 72, 80, 89); 11. Sam Houston \u2013 291 (51, 54, 57, 61, 68, 81, 86); 12. UT-Dallas \u2013 317 (30, 62, 67, 74, 84, 90, 91); 13. Binn College \u2013 395 (75, 77, 78, 82, 83, 85, 88).<\/p>\n

Men: 1. Stephen F. Austin \u2013 39 (3, 4, 5, 10, 17, 19, 24); 2. TEXAS \u2013 58 (1, 7, 12, 16, 22, 32); 3. TCU \u2013 72 (9, 13, 14, 15, 21, 31, 37); 4. Houston \u2013 81 (2, 6, 18, 20, 35, 46, 52); 5. Texas A&M \u2013 129 (8, 11, 33, 38, 39); 6. Lamar \u2013 147 (23, 25, 29, 30, 40, 49, 54); 7, UT-Tyler \u2013 240 (41, 42, 44, 56, 57, 59, 69); 8. Binn College \u2013 261 (43, 47, 53, 58, 60, 61, 65); 9. Our Lafy of the Lake \u2013 263 (27, 34, 62, 64, 76, 83, 87); 10. Louisiana \u2013 286 (26, 50, 63, 72, 75, 89); 11. St. Edward’s \u2013 291 (28, 51, 68, 71, 73, 78, 84); 12. Sam Houston \u2013 310 (48, 55, 66, 67, 74, 85); 13. UT-Dallas \u2013 353 (45, 70, 77, 79, 82, 86, 90); 14. Prairie View \u2013 376 (36, 80, 81, 88, 91, 92, 93).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2013 Men’s Cross Country’s Aidan Torres won the men’s 8K at the Texas A&M Invitational…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-432963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}