Apodaca and Beam Earn All-Conference Honors, Mustang Men Finish 5th

Men's Cross Country 10/26/2019 5:33:00 PM

Apodaca and Beam Earn All-Conference Honors, Mustang Men Finish 5th

Silver City, N.M. – Sophomore David Apodaca (Rio Rancho/Cleveland High School), alongside freshman Daniel Beam (Rio Rancho, NM/Rio Rancho HS) claimed All-Conference honors Saturday morning with 5^th and 11^th place finished respectively in the men's 8K at the 2019 Lone Star Conference Championships at Scott Park Golf Links in Silver City, N.M.

Apodaca posted a time of 25:30.80 to finish fifth overall, three places above his finish at the 2018 conference championships. His efforts earned his second all-conference honor in his career. Freshman

Daniel Beam (Rio Rancho, NM/Rio Rancho HS) finished 11^th overall with a time of 26:05.10 to join Apodaca on the all-conference team, his first in a Mustang uniform.

Junior Michael Anzures (Seboyeta, NM/Grants) took the 22^nd spot overall in 26:43.60. Dorian Carrasco (Clint, TX/Clint) followed up at 35^th in 27: 07.30. Roberto Cota (Tucson, AZ/Pueblo Magnet) crossed fifth for the Mustangs in 28:05.70, followed by Sebastian Mendoza (Socorro, TX/Socorro HS) (88^th, 28:59.30) and Erick Arambula (San Elizario, TX/San Elizario HS) (98^th, 29:08.00) to round out the WNMU lineup.

As a team the Mustangs tallied 137 points for a fifth place finish out of the 16 team pool.

The Mustang men will have a few weeks to recover and prepare for the NCAA Division II South Central Regional, Nov. 9 in Canyon, Tex.

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Players Mentioned

Michael Anzures: Sophomore

David Apodaca: Freshman

Dorian Carrasco: 5' 8"; Junior

Roberto Cota: 5' 11"; Redshirt Sophomore

Erick Arambula: Junior

Daniel Beam: Freshman

Sebastian Mendoza: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michael Anzures
: Sophomore

David Apodaca
: Freshman

Dorian Carrasco
: 5' 8"; Junior

Roberto Cota
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Sophomore

Erick Arambula
: Junior

Daniel Beam
: Freshman

Sebastian Mendoza
: Freshman