A year after recording the highest finish ever by an Aggie cross country athlete at the Mountain Regionals, senior harrier Courtney Schultz bettered that mark by finishing sixth at the 2012 NCAA Mountain Regional meet in Fort Collins, Colo. on Friday. The Aggie senior will head to Louisville, KY for the National Championship meet for the second consecutive year after earning an automatic qualifying spot by being one of the top four individual finishers not on an automatic qualifying team.

Schultz's sister Camille finished a career-best 21st in her final race as an Aggie with a time of 21:10.4. The women's team finished in 16th place as Sarabel Bojorquez (23:46.0) finished 114th, Mayra Chavez (23:56.8) finished 119th and Caroline Lewiecki (24:10.0) finished 122nd joining the Schultz sisters as the top five finishers for New Mexico State.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State University cross country teams concluded their season when they finished fourth in both the men's and women's event at the Western Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, Oct. 27.

The men's team finished fourth with a team score of 101. The University of Texas-Arlington finished first, Utah State University finished second and Seattle University finished third in the men's event. The women's team finished fourth with a time of 83. University of Idaho finished first, University of Texas-San Antonio finished second and Utah State finished third in the women's event.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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GOODYEAR, AZ -The New Mexico State University cross country team finished up the Grand Canyon Invitational with strong performances by both teams, including a first-place finish by the men's team and a second-place finish by the women's team.

A total of 15 teams competed in the meet. The men's team defeated Northern Arizona University, currently ranked No. 18 in the nation and No. 3 in the Mountain West region and the University of Arizona, currently ranked No. 9 in the West region. The women's team defeated Northern Arizona in their match as well, which was ranked No. 9 in the West region. Both teams also defeated Arizona State in each event.

The men's team finished first overall with 38 points in the 8K, which is 19 points better than second place. Four of the top 10 overall runners wore crimson and white.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAWRENCE, KS - The New Mexico State University cross country teams completed the Rim Rock Collegiate Invitational in Lawrence, Kan., on Saturday, Sept. 29th, with impressive team results in both events.

The women's team finished fifth overall with 65 points and the men's team finished sixth overall with 184 points.

The women's team ran its first official 6K of the season and finished fifth overall with a total of 65 points. The race was highlighted by a second overall finish by senior Courtney Schultz who finished with a time of 20:30.90. Schultz finished behind Rebecca Addison of Michigan by less than one second. Senior Camille Schultz finished second for NM State and 16th overall with a time of 21:14.00. The combined results of the Schultz sisters helped NM State finish above some of the top programs in the region, including host Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech and Nebraska.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State University men's and women's cross country team wrapped up the annual Kachina Classic on Saturday, Sept. 15th, with a first place finish in the women's 5K and a close second place finish in the men's 8K.

The women's team finished with an overall score of 32 points, an impressive 16 points ahead of New Mexico's second place total of 48 points. UTEP finished third with 53 points and El Paso Community College finished fourth with 96 points.

"The women's team winning over UTEP is big," said assistant cross country coach Christopher Huff.

NM State finished the event with two of the top five runners and four of the top 10. All top seven runners for NM State finished in the top 15.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SANTA TERESA, N.M. - The New Mexico State University cross country team notched its first team win of the season when the women's squad finished first overall at the Lori Fitzgerald Invitational on Friday, Sept. 7.

The women's team finished first overall with 25 points, defeating rival UTEP that finished with 43 points. El Paso Community College finished third with 68 points.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico State University cross country team's season is officially under way after the Aggies concluded its first meet of the season in Albuquerque, N.M., with the Lobo Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 1.

Senior sisters Courtney and Camille Schultz began their senior season by finishing first and second in the women's 5K. Courtney finished first overall with a time of 18:11.9 and Camille finished second overall with a time of 18:16.7. It took almost a full 10 seconds for third place to cross the finish line after the Schultz sisters finished their race.

Freshman Mayra Chavez finished seventh overall and third for NM State with a time of 19:09.5 in her first event as an Aggie. Sophomore Caroline Lewiecki finished right behind Chavez for eighth overall and fourth for NM State with a time 19:13.7.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Competing in her first NCAA Cross Country Championship meet, Aggie junior harrier Courtney Schultz set a personal record time of 20:55.1 on a cold and blustery day in Terre Haute, Indiana on Monday.

After finishing 8th at the NCAA Mountain Regional, Schultz was one of four automatic qualifiers from the region. She started off the 6K strong as she maintained pace with the lead pack as SMU's Silje Fjortoft set the early pace running a 3K time of 9:41 to lead the field by over 10 seconds. Schultz's 3K time of 9:59 had her in the Top 30 at the midway point.

Schultz maintained pace throughout the next 2,000 meters of the race and stood in 34th with 1,000 meters to go. Schultz would just run out of gas in the final 1,000 meters but still finished the meet at 20:55.1 setting a personal record and finishing 88th out of 254 runners. She also beat her Pre-National 6K time of 21:29 by 34 seconds.

Sheila Reid from Villanova won the national championship with a time of 19:41.2, her second consecutive individual title while Georgetown won the team title for the first time.

Schultz's finish wraps up a highly successful 2011 cross country season for the Aggies which saw them record runner-up finishes on both the men's and women's races that the WAC Championships.

Eric Fenton earned WAC Freshman of the Year and Courtney Schultz earned WAC Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive time as she won the WAC meet for the third consecutive time while a total of nine Aggies earned All-WAC honors.

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Aggie junior harrier Courtney Schultz took one step closer to fulfilling her quest for a NCAA Championship appearance. Schultz placed eighth individually in the women's 6K with a time of 21:09.8. Her eighth place finish may be just enough to earn herself an at-large invite to the championship meet. The top four individuals whose teams did not qualify for the NCAA Championship meet receive automatic invitations and there are also two-at large bids available to individuals. As the results stand in the Mountain Regional, Schultz is fifth among individuals whose teams did not qualify, however, her Top Ten finish gives her an excellent chance of earning that coveted at-large spot.

The Aggie women's team finished 10th overall in the regional with 278 points as Schultz's sister Camille finished 28th, Chelsa McDonnell finished 72nd, freshman Tamara Lementino finished 83rd, Madelyn Stoltze finished 87th, Samantha Hamilton finished 118th and Rylie Hightower finished 122nd.  Continue Reading This Post >>

Courtney Schultz won the women's individual meet for the third consecutive year as the Aggie women's team finished scored 53 points and finished second behind Idaho (38 points). Schultz was named Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive season. Camille Schultz finished third and also earned First Team All-WAC honors. Freshman Tamara Lementino finished 13th and earned Second Team All-WAC honors.

On the men's side, Jonah Ruybalid earned First Team All-WAC honors as he finished sixth helping the Aggies to a second place finish with 47 points behind perennial power Utah State (35 points). Freshman Eric Fenton was named WAC Freshman of the Year and crossed 23rd overall. The Aggies placed four Aggies on the Second Team All-WAC as Robert Selph, Kevin Palmer and Victor Sanchez finished 10th, 11th and 12th respectively.  Continue Reading This Post >>