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LAKE CHARLES, La. – Both the men's and women's teams placed sixth out of 14 competing teams on Saturday morning at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede cross country meet with the women running a 5k race and the men running a four-mile course.
 
Freshman Johanna Drews paced the HBU women, placing 19^th overall, cutting nearly 30 seconds off her previous best 5k time this season at the Memphis Twilight and crossing the line in 19:48.4. Fellow freshman Jessica Rabius trimmed 13 seconds off her 5k time, finishing in 20:22.9 to place 30^th. Naomi Simei came in 34^th with a time of 20:28.6 with Chandler Krueger posting a time of 20:44.3 in 41^st. Faith Crayton rounded out the Huskies' top-five, placing 53^rd. As a team, the women placed sixth out of 14 competing teams.
 
For the men, sophomore Enoch Ramirez and Stephen Aguilar were the top two finishers with Ramirez placing 21^st with a time of 22:29.6 and Aguilar coming in three spots behind in 24^th with a time of 22:41.8. Josh Moran, a freshman, was next for HBU finishing in 23:10.0 to finish 40^th. Fellow freshman Travis Jacobs placed 48^th, crossing the line in 23:35.8, with Christos Zachariou finishing 68^th. The men's race also had 14 teams competing with the Huskies taking sixth place.
 
HBU will next run at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M, in two weeks on Saturday, Oct. 13, for the Huskies' final race ahead of the Southland Conference Championships on Friday, Oct. 26.