The Texans are less than a month away from their 2023 campaign.
Tarleton State Cross Country announced its full schedule on Monday, a fiveevent season that begins Sept. 1 at TCU.
“I am extremely excited about moving into our second year with our cross country program,” head coach Clay Holland said. “Coach Chase Rathke made huge strides in his first year with the development of our distance athletes and expect the same going into year two. The schedule is set up for our athletes to be the most prepared when we walk on the course for the WAC Championships at the end of October.”
The Texans will compete three times in September before closing out the regular season in October. After their final regular season race on Oct. 13, the Texans will travel a short way down I-20. They will compete for the fourth straight year in the WAC Cross Country Championships, this year hosted in Abilene.
“I am very anxious to get the team back on campus and start rolling again,” assistant head coach Chase Rathke said. “We ended the year on a very high note on both the men’s and women’s side at the outdoor conference championships. On the women’s side, we bring back a roster that made big strides this past year and have put in a lot of work this summer to get to where they are. On the men’s side, we bring in a lot of new faces that can come in and make a difference right away, as well as some familiar faces that helped lead us to our first ever regional ranking last year. I have high expectations for both squads, and I believe they do as well.”
The Texans kick off the season just down the road at Big 12 host TCU. They will compete in the TCU Horned Frog Invitational on Sept.1.
After an off weekend the following week, the Texans will head to Bryan-College Station, Texas. The Texans will line up for the Texas A&M Invitational on Sept. 15, just as they did last year. After that meet up with the Aggies, the Texans will travel up to the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Sept. 29.
The Texans will then travel down the interstate to WAC foe Abilene Christian. They will take part in the ACU Naimadu Classic on Oct. 13.
The Texans will then wrap up the season two weeks later back in Abilene. The WAC Championships this year will be hosted by Abilene Christian on Oct. 27.
In the 2022 season, the men’s team saw their best outing at the Texas A&M Invitational, posting a secondplace finish. On the women’s side, their best outing was at the following meet hosted by Arkansas in Fayetteville.
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