{"id":7486,"date":"2024-11-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:48:27","slug":"cross-country-runs-toward-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/cross-country-runs-toward-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Country runs toward success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"The UTRGV Men and Women\u2019s Cross Country Teams get ready Wednesday to depart for the Southland Conference Championship.\nLeonardo Guajardo\/Vaquero Radio\n\" class=\"wp-image-7487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cross-country-1104.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The UTRGV Men and Women\u2019s Cross Country Teams get ready Wednesday to depart for the Southland Conference Championship.<br><\/em><strong>Leonardo Guajardo\/Vaquero Radio<br><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leo-1104.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The UTRGV Men and Women\u2019s Cross Country Teams are determined to keep the pace going by establishing a legacy that will endure for years.Last Year, the men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross country team finished 23rd and 21st respectively during the NCAA South Central Regionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams recently set off for the Southland Conference Championship Friday in New Orleans, Louisiana. Results are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/goutrgv.com\/\">goutrgv.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Shareese Hicks emphasized the importance of teamwork by motivating runners to reach their full potential.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou&#8217;ll have those ebbs and flows where you&#8217;ll get to maybe the third, fourth or fifth mile, and you\u2019re tempted.Your body wants to stop,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cBut if you have a teammate that&#8217;s right there and they&#8217;re pulling you along or they&#8217;re pushing you along, it makes a huge difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She also spoke about her perspective on what it means to be successful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou&#8217;re successful whenever you run half a second faster or whenever you complete a course that is very demanding,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cAnd on top of that, they&#8217;re student athletes. That&#8217;s how we measure our success. How well-rounded of an individual are you, [and] are you able to check all those boxes both as a student and as an athlete?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant coach Ricardo Mendoza described his fascination with the universal appeal of cross-country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe have a variety of everything cross-country,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cI think that&#8217;s what makes cross-country so special because you can combine athletes that come from a speed background and athletes that come from a distance background.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted the importance of tough workouts, but also making sure it&#8217;s fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou do a lot of the training to get physically, mentally and emotionally ready for a competition,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cWhat we do in training is obviously getting prepared for that. And also just try to make it fun because in the end, running or whatever sport you&#8217;re doing should have some fun into it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophomore Kailey Salazar, distance runner and captain of the women\u2019s cross-country team, said the team&#8217;s culture motivates their success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI think if we see one another, and we know that we can perform better, we go up to that person,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re like \u2018hey we know what you can do, we know what we can do, and so we go out there and do it.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cross-country teams are determined to push their limits and perform their best at the NCAA South Central Regional on Nov. 15 in College Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UTRGV Men and Women\u2019s Cross Country Teams are determined to keep the pace going by establishing a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":7487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cross-country","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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