LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University cross country program hits the home stretch of the regular season this Saturday at the Cowboy Stampede hosted by McNeese State University.
The women's 5k race will kick off the festivities at 8:30 a.m. with the men following not long after with a four-mile at 9:00 a.m.
The other universities/colleges expected to compete include Grambling State, Houston, Houston Baptist, Louisiana College, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State (Host), New Orleans, Northwestern State, Rice, Texas Southern, Louisiana-Lafayette and Xavier of Louisiana.
The teams last competed two weekends ago in the Allstate Sugar Bowl X Country Festival in New Orleans.
Two-time SWAC Runner of the Week
Peterson Saint-Cyrin has finished with the best time amongst his Braves peers in each of the three meets in 2019, posting a 18:12.40 and a top-30 finish during the last competition on September 14.
Sophomore
Makayla Gates has been the Lady Braves fastest representative the past two events while also placing inside the top-30 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl X Country Festival, logging a time of 22:49.60.
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