Open Announce

Lobos Open Cross Country Season at TTU Open

by Allison Weiss

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The 2022 cross country season for The University of New Mexico begins on Saturday as the Lobos travel to Lubbock, Texas for the TTU Open.

UNM will have five women and five men competing in the 6K and 8K, respectively, with the men’s race set for 8:15 a.m. CT/ 7:15 a.m. MT and the women’s race to follow.  Live results ae available here.

Running for the Lobos on the women’s side are redshirt-freshman Camille Jackson, sophomore Lauren Bettencourt, redshirt-sophomore Isabella Fauria and freshmen Sadie Leigh Gonzales and Christina Nisoli, while on the men’s side, freshmen Jonathan Carmin and Yehonatan Haim, redshirt-junior Nehemiah Cionelo, and redshirt-seniors Kevin Mulcaire and Awet Yohannes will race.

Saturday’s race is the first race in the Cherry and Silver for several Lobos, with only Bettencourt, Fauria, Cionelo and Yohannes having race experience for UNM.

Following the race, the Lobos’ next competition is the Joe Piane Invitational at Notre Dame on Sept. 30.