TCU Cross Country Set To Open Action
8/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
Aug. 16, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU cross country program will begin its preparations for the 2010 season this week in Fort Worth.
The Horned Frogs return many key distance runners from a 2009 squad, including Tricia Terry and Agnes Kemboi on the women's side. The Frogs will also welcome back senior Festus Kigen following an All-America campaign during the 2010 track and field season.
Kigen, who earned runner-up accolades at the 2008 Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships, had a stellar 2010 track and field season. Overall, the Kenya native, who has qualified for the last two NCAA Cross Country Championships, will look to become only the second TCU male student-athlete ever to win a conference cross country crown this fall.
Terry opened the 2009 cross country season placing third and seventh overall, respectively. Following her seventh-place showing at the Ken Garland Invitational, Terry was then sidelined with an injury, which caused her to miss the remainder of the cross country season. The former All-South National Regional Team selection at McAllen Memorial High School returns this fall and should give TCU a legitimate chance to finish in the top 3 in the final team standings at the 2010 Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships.
Kemboi is poised to not only make some noise on the conference level this fall, but also nationally. Overall, Kemboi, who led TCU in every meet she competed at in 2009, crossed the finish line in 16th-place at the MWC Championships. By placing in the top 20, the Kenya native earned the highest finish on the women's side since 2006 at the conference championships.
TCU opens the 2010 cross country season on Sept. 3 at the Bear Invitational in Waco.
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