CANYON, Texas – The #11 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M look to defend their Lone Star Conference Cross Country crown on Saturday morning as they travel to Fort Worth, Texas for the league's annual championship meet at AP Ranch with the 8K race starting at 9:45 a.m.

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• 2025 LSC Cross Country Championships LINK
• Live Results LINK

The Buffs have won 12 straight LSC Cross Country titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) which is the second longest stream in league history behind Abilene Christian (20, 1991-2010).
 
West Texas A&M features seven student-athletes who have claimed an individual crown: Dylan Doss (2013), Geoffrey Kipchumba (2015, 2016), Owen Hind (2017), Ezekiel Kipchirchir (2019), Innocent Murwanashyaks (2021), Harry Lourador (2022) and William Amponsah (2023, 2024).
 
The LSC will see a new name atop the individual champion list as the last three winners have moved on. Ian Rono of Texas A&M International and West Texas A&M duo Adrian Legarreta and Matthys Bourse are one-two-three on the top 8k times list this season. Legarreta and Bourse are joined by UT Tyler's David Soto as returning all-conference finishers from a year ago.
 
Five times in the 42-year history of the LSC men's championship a team has won with a perfect 15 points, including the last two years with WT reaching perfection. Year one of the LSC men's championship was in 1982. 
 
WT carries a streak of 12 straight team titles (2013-24) into the 2025 meet. Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M-Kingsville have each claimed two team wins. With the last four individual titles, WT totals nine individual champions, including the last four. Cameron and ENMU each have two medalists with TAMUK at one.
 
NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship season begins with the South Central Regional on November 8 at Walking Stick Golf Club in Pueblo, Colorado. Teams and individuals who qualify out of the regional will head to the Division II Men's and Women's National Championship scheduled November 22 at Kenosha, Wis., and the Wayne E. Dannehl National XC Course.