The Fightin' Texas Aggie Cross Country Team is off to Ames, Iowa for the Big XII Championship to be held on November 1, 2008.   The conference will see a total of  five nationally ranked mens teams running and three nationally ranked womens teams.

The Aggie Men are ranked 1st in the South Central Region and 18th in the national poll.  They will have their hands full with OSU, the holder of a number 4 national ranking, and CU, sitting at 17th in the nation.  Behind the Aggies, but very much a threat are Iowa State, holding the 22nd spot in the national rankings and hated t.u. at 30th.  (Sorry, for some reason I can't make myself add a link  for the sips).   

 The Aggie Women remain at the number 7 spot in the South Central Region and will have a tough row to hoe.  The sips are in the number 6 spot and nationally ranked Nebraska (who finished 9th overall at Pre-Nationals and is ranked 22nd), Baylor (who finished 7th at Pre-Nationals and is ranked 17th) and Texas Tech (winners of the Chili Pepper Festival and ranked 11th) are in the mix as well.  Not sure what is up with normally strong CU, but anytime kids sleep at 5000 feet plus, they generally run pretty well at lower altitudes. 

Ms. MTAggie and I will be in sunny San Diego watching the young one run in her first conference championships for the USAF Academy the same weekend.  I promise I'll get an update out, but as we don't get to see her much I'll be visiting more than jumping on a computer.  Also, I shouldn't leave out little sister  who did very well at state, coming in 6th in a very strong field of runners. 

MTAggie