Lamar sports information

MADISON, Wis. — With the venue living up to its frozen tundra reputation with snow and a high of just 29 degrees, Lamar’s Jamie Crowe and Jordan Rowe fought through unenviable conditions for the best finish by a Southland Conference runner since 2012 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course.

Crowe finished 75th in the race with a time of 30:26.4, the best finish and time by a Southland representative since 2012 when McNeese’s David Rooney took seventh with a time of 29:21.3. Crowe qualified for the NCAA Championships after becoming the first Cardinal runner ever to win the NCAA South Central Regional race last week with a time of 31:36.3, one of the best performances at the Texas A&M cross country course by any Southland runner in the last decade. Rowe joined Crowe at the Championship after finishing seventh at the NCAA regional race; he came in 134th on Saturday with a time of 30:57.5.

The NCAA Championship race concluded the Cardinals’ 2018 cross country season. LU finished second in both the men’s and women’s competitions in the Southland Conference Championships with Crowe winning the individual title for the second consecutive year and Katie Buckley came in third on the women’s side. Rowe was named the SLC Newcomer of the Year on the men’s side with a second place finish at the SLC Championships.