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Thursday, October 7, 1999

Javs cross country runners win their divisions at Sea World meet

By Javier Becerra
Caller-Times

The Texas A&M-Kingsville cross country team had runners win their respective divisions at the Sports Fiesta Challenge 8K Run last Saturday at Sea World of Texas in San Antonio.
   Eric Rivas, a freshman from Beeville, won the men's 15-19 division in a time of 27 minutes, 24 seconds, while sophomore Karina Mancias took the women's 15-19 division in a time of 33:47.
   Freshman Alba Villanueva was second in the women's 15-19 division with a time of 35:59m, and junior Rachel DeLeon was second in the women's 20-24 division in 35:40. Senior Ricardo Carrillo was third in the men's 20-24 division in 26:04, junior Josh Meza eighth in 27:28 and senior Victor Moreno 10th in 29:13. Carrillo was eighth overall among the 1,200 runners, Rivas was 15th, Meza was 17th, Longoria was 20th and Moreno was 27th.
   The Javelinas will compete in the Texas A&M invitational meet Saturday in College Station, the final regular season competition. The team will be off Oct. 16 before competing in the LSC meet Oct. 23 in Ada, Okla.
   FAMILIAR FACES: A&M-Commerce has a few familiar names on the roster this season. Chris Boykins, senior and starting free safety for the Lions, started his career with the Javelinas. Also on Commerce's roster are Avery Trimble and Melvin Bedford. Trimble is a freshman wide receiver from West Oso, and Bedford a junior defensive lineman who started his career at Eastern New Mexico before transferring to Commerce.
   The Javelinas have a Commerce High School product on its roster, Kerrie Washington, a junior defensive back who played at Kilgore Junior College for two years before transferring to A&M-Kingsville.
   OLD FOES: The Javelinas and Lions are the two oldest members of the Lone Star Conference. Texas A&M-Commerce is the only charter member still in the league, having joined in 1932. The Javelinas became affiliated in 1954. Third in the list of seniority is Angelo State, which joined in 1968.
   BIG DRAW: Four of the largest crowds to attend a Commerce-Kingsville game have come in Javelina Stadium. The third largest crowd in Commerce's history was the 16,000 attending the 1975 game in Kingsville. The fourth was 15,500 at the 1969 contest, the sixth the 13,500 at the 1989 game and the eighth largest was 13,300 at the 1971 game.
   FOR THE CUP: The Javelinas will be trying to maintain their seven-year hold on the Chennault Cup, awarded to the winner between Kingsville and Commerce. The trophy honors Commerce native Lt. Gen. Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame, and was originally went to the winner of the game between East Texas State and West Alabama, but the series died after only two years. Texas A&M-Kingsville became part of the series in 1992. The Javelinas have won the cup each year since.
   JAVS BASEBALL: A&M-Kingsville ranked seventh in NCAA Division II baseball attendance last spring, according to figures released by the NCAA this week. The Javelinas averaged 337 per home date. Fairmont (W. Va.) State led Division II with a 704 average. California State was second with 474, West Alabama third with 455, Florida Southern fourth with 432, North Alabama fifth with 399 and Quincy (Ill.) sixth with 346. The Javelinas were the only LSC team in the top 10 and marks the first time A&M-Kingsville has ranked among the baseball attendance leaders.



Staff writer Javier Becerra's Texas A&M-Kingsville report appears each Thursday during the season. To comment or make suggestions, contact Becerra at 886-3734 or by e-mail at becerraj@caller.com

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