KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southwest Baptist’s Phillip Miller and Crissie Owensby have been named MIAA Cross Country Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Sept. 4 as selected by a conference SID panel.
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The SBU women's cross country team opened up the year at home for the first time since 2004, with first place at the Bearcat Invitational. Sophomore Christina Owensby took the individual title, running with a time of 19:33 over the 5K course held on the southeast corner of the SBU campus.
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Coming off the first NCAA nationals team appearance in school history, the SBU men's cross country team is in a very unique position. The core group of seniors on that 2009 squad have left, opening the door for a number of younger athletes to step up and fill a number of spots on a team that finished 15th in last year's national championship meet.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The SBU women's cross country was picked to finish seventh in the 2010 MIAA preseason coaches poll. The Bearcat women were picked for third in 2009 and finished ninth at the conference meet.