Men’s Cross Country Team Finishes Third at Arturo Barrios Invitational

Friday, October 16

College Station, Texas

8:15 AM

University of Houston

Arturo Barrios Invitational

Results (PDF)

Men’s Cross Country Team Finishes Third at Arturo Barrios Invitational

10/16/2026 1:22:00 PM | Cross Country

Results (PDF)

Henok Hagos leads men’s team to third place finish, women finish 14th overall

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The University of Houston men's cross country team placed third overall and the women finished 13^th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday at the Watts Cross Country Course.

Seniors Jack Boyd and David Soto, and juniors Henok Hagos, Remay Abraha, and Caden Thurman, recorded personal bests on the men's side. Hagos paced the men for a 14th place individual finish in 23:32.6. Boyd followed in 18th place at 23:39.0 while Soto finished in 23:40.2 for 22nd place. Abraha crossed the line in 23.57.4 for 46th place and Thurman was the final scorer for the Cougars in 73rd place with a time of 24.15.4.

On the women's side, juniors Cadence Patterson, Addison Hite, Julia Shimel, Lily Campos and sophomore Sophia Nguyen also recorded personal bests. Patterson led the women's team with a 20:22.1 time, finishing 45th. Hite was the second Cougar to cross the finish line in 20:36.1 and Shimel completed the race in 21:10.6 for 111^th Campos finished the 6k in 21:13.2 coming in 117th. Nguyen was the final scoring Cougar to complete the race in 21:26.1 for 146th place.

TEAM SCORES
Men's 8k

Adams State, 42 points
App State, 144 points
Houston, 173 points
San Francisco, 180 points
Texas A&M, 192 points
Arizona State, 203 points
Cal Poly, 238 points
Incarnate Word, 314 points
Ohio State, 315 points
TCU, 328 points
Texas A&M-CC, 341 points
Odessa, 359 points
McNeese State, 372 points
Youngstown St., 381 points

Women's 6k

Arkansas, 101 points
Eastern Kentucky, 122 points
Tulane, 136 points
San Francisco, 158 points
Adams State, 193 points
Stephen F. Austin, 215 points
Texas A&M, 230 points
LSU, 260 points
Tulsa, 288 points
Cal Poly, 369 points
Youngstown St., 409 points
UCF, 426 points
Houston, 453 points

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