{"id":448917,"date":"2026-09-27T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448917\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T01:12:09","slug":"lcu-competes-at-88th-annual-cowboy-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/448917\/","title":{"rendered":"LCU Competes at 88th Annual Cowboy Jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Men&#8217;s Cross Country |  09.26.2026<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     STILLWATER, Oklahoma (September 26, 2026) \u2013 The Lubbock Christian men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s cross country teams competed at the historic Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday at the Greiner Family Cross Country Course.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOne of the nation&#8217;s oldest races, the Cowboy Jamboree dates back to 1937. The Chaps took 17th place in the men&#8217;s 8K run, while the Lady Chaps finished 19th in the 6K race.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nA whopping five Chaparrals set new PRs at the meet, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/jackson-martinez\/5176\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5176\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Martinez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/micah-zapata\/5179\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5179\" target=\"_blank\">Micah Zapata<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/jayden-barnes\/5183\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5183\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Barnes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/byron-lopez\/5187\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5187\" target=\"_blank\">Byron Lopez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/elijah-culver\/5172\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5172\" target=\"_blank\">Elijah Culver<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMartinez, a junior, completed the course with a time of 27:45.8 to place 164th. Zapata&#8217;s new 8K personal best time is 27:53.4, which earned him 172nd in the field. LCU&#8217;s two freshmen \u2013 Barnes and Lopez \u2013 set PRs with times of 28:14.7 and 28:45.9, respectively. Culver&#8217;s time of 29:08.1 earned him 199th.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLeading the way for the men once again was <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/alfons-rawall\/5178\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5178\" target=\"_blank\">Alfons Rawall<\/a>, who placed 106th with a time of 26:12.9. The Swedish senior has led the Chaps at every race so far this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/matthew-gordon\/5174\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5174\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Gordon<\/a> took 118th with a time of 26:22.3, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-cross-country\/roster\/gavin-morrison\/5177\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5177\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Morrison<\/a> finished the race in 26:27.0 to place 122nd. <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn the women&#8217;s side, it was a pair of freshmen leading the Lady Chaps for a second-straight meet.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis week it was <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/cayleigh-madrid\/5198\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5198\" target=\"_blank\">Cayleigh Madrid<\/a> as the first LCU runner across the finish line, finishing 143rd with a time of 25:16.3. Right behind her was <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/braylee-cothrin\/5195\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5195\" target=\"_blank\">Braylee Cothrin<\/a> with a time of 25:19.5. And <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/lily-rodriguez\/5193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5193\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Rodriguez<\/a> was only two places behind her with a time of 25:20.8.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/makaylee-morillon\/5200\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5200\" target=\"_blank\">Makaylee Morillon<\/a> finished 15rd with a time of 25:49.5 and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/reese-pena\/5199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5199\" target=\"_blank\">Reese Pena<\/a> came in 158th with a new 6K PR of 26:30.5.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLCU&#8217;s lone senior <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/keely-franco\/5201\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5201\" target=\"_blank\">Keely Franco<\/a>, finished 163rd with a time of 27:23.6, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-cross-country\/roster\/hannah-doss\/5196\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5196\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Doss<\/a> and Marlene Chavaria finished back-to-back in 166th and 167th to round out the Lady Chap squad.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLubbock Christian has one more regular season meet on the schedule before the postseason. They will compete at the Old Glory Gallop in Dallas, Texas on Oct. 17.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Cross Country | 09.26.2026 &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; STILLWATER, Oklahoma (September 26, 2026) \u2013 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-448917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448917","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=448917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}