Gents Set For for Conference Championship Meet
The Centenary men's cross country team will finish its 2025 season on Saturday in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship which is being hosted by University of St. Thomas and will be run on the campus of Prairie View A&M, about an hour's drive from the St. Thomas campus. Official Championship Website
Prairie View, Texas - The Centenary men's cross country team will finish its 2025 season on Saturday in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship which is being hosted by The University of St. Thomas and will be run on the campus of Prairie View A&M, about an hour's drive from the St. Thomas campus. Official Championship Website
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The Gents finished fourth in the Grambling State XC Invite on Oct. 9 in their most recent action. Freshman Zack Wroten (Benton, La.) had the Gents' top finish (19:12.40) to place 13th, freshman Ian Hunter (Princeton, Texas) finished in 15th place, running a time of 20:05.90, and sophomore Phillip Hughes (Bossier City, La.) finished 19th (21:49.90).
Sophomore Clayton Hancock (Buna, Texas) finished right behind Hughes in 20th place (23:29.20) and sophomore Evan Halbert (Pearl River, La.) and freshman Sawyer Mathews (DeRidder, La.) finished 22nd and 23rd with times of 25:04.60 and 27:30.20 respectively. The rookie Wroten has recorded the Gents' top finish in all four meets this season.
The Gents will run an 8K race on Saturday starting at 9 AM. The Colorado College men and women are the defending champions of the event, having swept the team titles at the 2024 championships, hosted by Centenary, which were contested at South Bossier Park in Bossier City.
Hughes was the Gents' top finisher last season as he placed 87th overall in a time of 30:58.01. Halbert was 104th, finishing with a time of 36:53.99, and Hancock was 107th (38:57.75). The Gents did not record a team score.
See the Gents' complete season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mxc/2025-26/schedule
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