The Prairie View women’s cross country team competed in the Johnny Morris Cross Country Invitational held Friday at the University of Houston campus. The Lady Panthers were joined at theJohnny Morris Invitational by host University of Houston, Houston Baptist, and Sam Houston State.
The Lady Cougars presented themselves as very tough opponents racing to the end line with Stephanie Aldea, Starla Garcia, and Megan Munoz finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively. The Lady Cougars placed seven runners in the top 13, giving them the overall team victory as well with a low 22 points accumulated. Sam Houston State ran second with 53 points led by Molly Farrell’s fourth and Victoria Gemeny’s fifth place finish. Houston Baptist barely missed the silver, amassing 55 points to end in third.
Lady Panther senior runner Viktoria Manuel sprinted hard through the flags, ending the race in 19th place at 13:49. Yolanda Chatmon and Jasmine Winn led the other pack of Prairie View women running in at just over 15 minutes followed by Senerica Savis, LaQuita Alexander, and Jocelyn Wilson who all finished between 16 and 17 minutes.
The next event will be run on Sept. 13, 2008, in College Station, Texas at Texas A&M University.