Rice sophomore Cali Roper won the Conference USA Cross Country Championships individual title Saturday morning, becoming the first Owl in school history to finish first at a C-USA title race.

For a second straight year, the Rice Owls women's cross country team heads to Denton this weekend to partake in the 2014 C-USA Men's Cross Country Championships at the Eagle Point Cross Country Course on the campus of the University of North Texas.

Rice University student-athletes continue to be among the national leaders in the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate studies, according to the latest set of figures released by the organization today.

The Rice women's cross country squad finished in a tie for 16th place (518 points) at the Indiana State Pre-Nationals Invitational Saturday morning, the team's final race before the C-USA Championship.

Sophomore Cali Roper earned her second cross country Conference USA Female Athlete of the Week award of the season, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

The Rice Owls women's cross country team backed up their newest No. 3 USTFCCCA South Central Regional ranking by winning their third team title in as many meets, finishing first at Saturday's morning's Rim Rock Invitational.