NATCHITOCHES, La. - The HCU men's and women's cross country teams are set for the 2025 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships this Friday morning, hosted on the campus of Northwestern State University.
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Senior
Destiny Quintanilla has been the women's top finisher in all three of the Huskies' races this season, including a fifth-place overall finish at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede, running the 5k race in 17:50.7. Freshman
Reyes Carrera always came right behind her in each of the three races, placing eighth at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede, running the 4k race in 18:14.4 in just her second-career collegiate race.
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Raphael Aureau, a senior, has been at the front for the men in each of their three races and posted a time of 16:17.0 in the 5,200-meter race at the Rice Invitational to come in sixth. He followed that up with a sixth-place finish at the Cowboy Stampede Junior
Colby Kurtz has come strong right after Aureau, finishing one or two spots behind him multiple times season. Kurtz has a pair of top-10 finishes to his name this season, including a seventh-place finish at the Cowboy Stampede.
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The women's 6k race will begin at 8:32 a.m. followed by the men's 8k at 9:32 a.m. with both set to be broadcast live on ESPN+.
