HCU鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross country teams recorded the best finishes at a Southland Conference Championship meet in program history and senior Arlette Concepci贸n earned first team all-conference honors for the second consecutive year at Lake Oak Park in New Orleans, La. on Nov. 1.
Previously, fifth place was the best finish for either the men or women in 11 SLC Championship meets since joining the league in 2013. In 2023, both HCU squads matched their previous top performances with matching fifth place finishes.
The women ran the 6k first on a warm, humid New Orleans morning with the Huskies totaling 110 points as a team, three ahead of New Orleans in fourth. Concepci贸n, a senior, crossed the finish line in 21:03.89 to place fifth overall and lead the HCU contingent. Her finish followed her second-place finish from 2023 and made her a repeat first team All-Conference honoree. Junior Eline Mast placed 11th, finishing in 21:51.01, to earn second team All-SLC recognition. Destiny Quintanilla came in five spots behind Mast, in 16th, with a time of 22:21.96. HCU鈥檚 two other scoring runners were Katherine Rogers, who placed 35th with a time of 23:12.24, and Macie Hunter, who posted a time of 23:38.06 to come in 43rd.
In the men鈥檚 8k, HCU accumulated 116 team points to take third place with fourth place Texas A&M-Corpus Christi nine points behind. Senior Edouard Lecrivain was the Huskies鈥� top finisher, placing 15th overall with a time of 25:49.32, with Colby Kurtz coming in four spots back, in 19th, with a time of 26:13.39. Alex Piquart crossed in 26:39.13, placing 29th, just ahead of Krzysztof Turski in 26:43.58, in 30th, and Raphael Aureau in 26:48.65, placing 32nd.
With Concepci贸n and Mast each earning All-Conference recognition, the HCU men and women have now had ten All-Conference honorees in the last four years after having just two in the eight years prior.