GEORGETOWN, Texas - Thanks to the generous donations of the members of Southwestern's first booster club, The Pirate Crew, the Athletic Department was able to begin a new tradition of awarding watches to senior athletes whom had completed eligibility while at Southwestern.
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern University Head Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field coach Francie Larrieu Smith has been selected as the Team Leader for both the junior and senior women's cross country teams by USA Track & Field. The teams will compete at the NACAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, March 6th at Mt. Irvine Bay Golf Resort in Tobago.
SUWANEE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today for the 2009 fall term and 47 Southwestern student-athletes representing all five fall sports were earned recognition. A record 780 student-athletes conference-wide made the list.
SUWANEE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its second annual Men's and Women's Cross Country All-Sportsmanship teams. Junior Lili McEntire (pictured, left) and senior Daniel Rudd (pictured, right) were named as representatives for Southwestern.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Southwestern University men's cross country team had a fantastic showing at the DIII South/Southeast Regional held at Guilford College. Junior Dan Rudd (pictured) led the way for the Pirates, coming in 39th place in a time of 28:50.
CONYERS, Ga. The Pirate mens cross country team had an impressive showing in a difficult situation at the SCAC Cross Country Championships hosted by Oglethorpe University. The team ended in sixth place overall with 166 points.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The Southwestern Pirates amped up the competition and therefore their times as they took on numerous DI schools at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival on Saturday morning. Both the men and women posted either personal best or season best times in the uncommon competition distance of 10K for the men and 6K for the women.
GEORGETOWN, Texas Due to poor course conditions and the extensive amount of rain the Jackson, Miss. area has received the Mississippi College Cross Country Invitational has been canceled. The Pirates will join Trinity and Hendrix at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in northwest Arkansas.
LIVE OAK, Texas Muddy, hard to run in conditions nor other teams to keep the Southwestern mens cross country team from taking another second place finish this fall. The Pirates finished with 55 points at the University of Incarnate Word Cross Country Invitational.
GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern men's cross country team has undoubtedly had a strong season this fall and that fact is reflected in the regional ranking announced on Tuesday. The Pirates are in ninth place in the South/Southeast region.
SEGUIN, Texas A warm, muggy morning coupled with a muddy course couldnt hold back the Pirates as they raced their way to a second place finish at the DIII Texas Championships on Saturday. Southwestern captured six of the top twenty slots to end with 63 points.
In just their second race of the season the SU mens cross country team continues to look impressive early in the season. The Pirates took second place out of six teams at the University of Texas at Tyler Invitational and were just seven points behind the first place squad.
The Southwestern Mens Cross Country team started the season in impressive fashion by capturing the top 7 places and 12 of the top 14 spots at the Twilight Opener against the University of Dallas at Berry Springs.