The Rice Owls cross country teams will begin NCAA Championship competition at the South Central Regional, hosted by Texas A&M, on Friday morning.

Rice senior Will Firth earned Second-Team All-Conference honors with an eighth place finish and the Owls men's cross country team placed fourth overall as a team at Saturday's C-USA Championships at Spero Kereiakes Park.

The Rice Owls women's cross country team won their third Conference USA team title in school history behind a strong team effort that included five individual all-conference performances Saturday morning at the Spero Kereiakes Park.

The Rice men’s and women’s cross country teams will be vying for a league title this weekend at the 2015 Conference USA Championships, which will be held at the Spero Kereiakes Park in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday.

The Rice men’s and women’s cross country teams will be vying for a league title this weekend at the 2015 Conference USA Championships, which will be held at the Spero Kereiakes Park in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday.

Legendary Rice track & field coach and student-athlete Steve Straub, as well as 2016 Rice Track Calendar Honorees, will be honored on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the “R” Room of Rice Stadium at the inaugural event of The PR Club.

Rice men’s track and field head coach Jon Warren announced on Friday the addition of newly minted Rice Athletics Hall of Famer Funmi Jimoh to the Owls’ coaching staff.

Rice junior Cali Roper was named the Conference USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Rice redshirt senior Will Firth placed 11th individually and the Owls finished 14th overall as a team at Saturday's Pre-National meet hosted by Louisville.

With the Conference USA Championships just two weeks away, the Rice Owls women's cross country team competed and prepared with some of the nation's best at Saturday's Pre-Nationals hosted by Louisville.