Saturday, September 05, 2009

Rice Wins Johnny Morriss Invitational

HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 5, 2009) The Rice men’s cross country team won the Johnny Morriss Invitational hosted by the University of Houston with three Owls placing in the top 10 for a total of 31 points. Houston followed with 43, Sam Houston State was third (58), and Houston Baptist was fourth with 81 points.

“I thought our team ran a nice, solid pace,” said Rice head coach Jon Warren. “Our runners followed the race plan and today’s effort will certainly benefit us in future meets this season.”

Rice was led by Michael Trejo’s third place finish. He covered the 4800m course in 15:41. Gabe Cuadra was sixth (15:47), and Scott Zivick was eighth (15:54).

Other Owl finishers were Matt Carey in 12th (15:59), James Llamas (16:06) placed 14th, and Greg King (16:43) finished 27th.

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