Rice redshirt senior Will Firth closed out his cross country career with an 18th place finish at Friday's NCAA South Central Regional Championship at the Dale Watts XC Course hosted by Texas A&M.

Rice redshirt junior Harry Sagel was selected to the C-USA Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team, the league office announced on Friday.

The Rice Owls cross country teams will begin NCAA Championship competition at the South Central Regional, hosted by Texas A&M, on Friday morning.

Rice senior Will Firth earned Second-Team All-Conference honors with an eighth place finish and the Owls men's cross country team placed fourth overall as a team at Saturday's C-USA Championships at Spero Kereiakes Park.

The Rice men’s and women’s cross country teams will be vying for a league title this weekend at the 2015 Conference USA Championships, which will be held at the Spero Kereiakes Park in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday.

Rice redshirt senior Will Firth placed 11th individually and the Owls finished 14th overall as a team at Saturday's Pre-National meet hosted by Louisville.

Rice junior Cali Roper placed second overall while sophomore Elsa Racasan finished third to help lead the Owls' women's cross country team to a second place finish at Saturday's Rim Rock Classic host by Kansas University.

Marco Ruiz led Rice to a seventh-place finish at the season-opening Rice Invitational.

Rice cross country launches the start of their 2015 season this weekend when they host the 40th annual Rice Invitational Meet on Friday, Sept. 11 at the Rice Intramural Fields.