Sept. 3, 2005

COLLEGE STATION, Texas- - For Immediate Release Friday, September 2, 2005

The University of Houston men's and women's cross country teams opened the 2005 season at the Texas A&M Cross Country Relay Opener on Friday night, September, 2.

Freshman Kelcee Keenan and sophomore Oumama Hallal teamed up for a combined time of 46:24 to finish in sixth-place in the women's division. In the men's division senior Sesar Figueroa and Calum Neff competed unattached and finished in fifth place with a combined time of 37:58.

Houston's Paul Goodwin and Gus Forward teamed up for a 12th-place finish with a time of 39:39, while Ben Cohen and Maurilio Sanchez had a combined time of 40:59 to finish in 15th place.

Houston will continue its 2005 season at the Texas A&M Invitational next Saturday, September 10 at the Penberthy Intramural Complex at 7:45 a.m. in College Station.

Below are the final Texas A&M Relay Results

Men's Results
1. Rice `B' (Hewamudalig/Keithen) 9:16/9:30/8:59/9:34 = 37:19
2. Texas A&M `B' (Van Velson/Moore) 9:17/9:21/9:26/9:29 = 37:34
3. Rice `A' (Axel/Hampton) 9:36/9:09/9:41/9:12 = 37:40
4. Unattached `E' (Montes/Hebert) 9:26/9:19/9:40/9:28 = 37:53
5. Unattached `B' (Figueroa/Neff) 9:01/9:40/9:49/9:28 = 37:58
6. Unattached `D' (Ondrasek/Bible) 9:27/9:28/9:41/9:30 = 38:03
7. Rice `C' (Solares/Olson) 9:20/9:31/9:06/10:07 = 38:04
8. Texas A&M `A' (McKinstry/McLeod) 9:29/9:18/9:58/9:23 = 38:07
9. On The Run `A' (Rocha/Rodriguez) 9:51/9:10/9:56/9:10 = 38:07
10. Texas A&M `C' (Mader/Machemehl) 9:37/9:11/10:16/9:18 = 38:22
11. On The Run `B' (J. Hedengren/A. Hedengren) 9:19/9:51/9:31/10:01 = 38:42
12. Houston `B' (Goodwin/Forward) 9:28/9:58/10:00/10:13 = 39:39
13. Unattached `C' (Morris/Maxwell) 9:56/10:00/10:11/9:38 = 39:44
14. Unattached `F' (Everett/Halleck) 9:37/10:02/10:02/10:05 = 39:45
15. Houston `A' (Cohen/Sanchez) 10:12/9:55/10:48/10:05 = 40:59
16. Unattached `A' (Rivas/Pine) 9:36/10:26/10:14/11:07 = 41:26
17. Rice `D' (Solomon/Miller) 10:28/10:31/10:24/10:53 = 41:26

Women's Results
1. Rice `A' (Reeve/Yoder) 10:53/10:51/11:05/11:12 = 44:01
2. Unattached `B' (Kelly/Wing) 10:34/11:36/10:53/12:13 = 45:16
3. Texas A&M `D' (Williamson/Self) 10:58/11:32/11:20/11:52 = 45:41
4. Texas A&M `B' (Sauvageau/Ravanelle) 11:17/11:13/11:31/11:47 = 45:48
5. Texas A&M `C' (Lynne/Balfour) 11:22/11:07/12:09/11:12 = 45:52
6. Houston `C' (Keenan (unattached)/Hallal) 11:06/11:44/11:19/12:16 = 46:24
7. Unattached `A' (Garcia/Shorall) 11:19/11:45/11:23/12:06 = 46:33
8. Texas A&M `A' (Thompson/Buckley) 10:50/12:37/11:21/13:11 = 47:59
9. Rice `C' (Fugelsand/McKay) 12:06/12:34/12:19/12:29 = 50:08