RICHARDSON, Texas --- Defending Lone Star Conference men's cross country champion West Texas A&M is predicted to win the 2024 LSC title according to preseason polling of head coaches and sports information staff as announced Thursday (Aug. 29) by the conference.
 
The Buffs, winners of the last 11 LSC men's cross country championships, collected 24 of 26 possible first place votes and 325 points. Conference championship runner-up a year ago, DBU nabbed a first-place vote to list second with 303 points and outdistance Oklahoma Christian predicted third with 258 points.
 
Western New Mexico (240), St. Edward's (226), UT Tyler (223) and Cameron (178/1 first-place vote) list as predicted top seven LSC teams. The preseason LSC poll is completed by Texas A&M International (150), Angelo State (138), Lubbock Christian (122), Texas A&M-Kingsville (89), Eastern New Mexico (74) and conference newcomer Sul Ross State (40).
 
Twenty-five athletes are cited as 2024 Runners to Watch in what is projected to be a highly competitive men's cross country season.
 
Winner of three major titles a year ago – LSC, NCAA Division II national and South Central Regional champion – West Texas A&M senior William Amponsah (Agona Swedru, Ghana) leads a group of competitors that includes six returning LSC All-Conference runners, a pair of All-South Central Regional finishers and two LSC All-Academic Team honorees. WT teammate senior Harry Louradour (Le Vigen, France) joined Amponsah as an All-LSC and All-Region finisher.
 
DBU graduate student Adam Whitehead (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Texas A&M International senior Josphat Langat (Nairobi, Kenya) claimed LSC All-Academic Team and all-conference honors. UT Tyler sophomore David Soto (Winnsboro, Texas), 2023 LSC Freshman of the Year, and Oklahoma Christian senior Tegan Arega (Los Angeles, Calif.) complete the six returning All-Conference finishers.
 
The 2024 Lone Star Conference men's cross country season gets underway over the September 5-7 weekend. The Lone Star Conference Championship will be run Saturday, October 26 and hosted by Texas A&M-Kingsville (Kingsville, Texas). The NCAA Division II postseason starts with the South Central Regional hosted by MSU Denver on November 9 followed by the national championship November 23 in Sacramento, Calif.
 
 
LSC Men's Cross Country 2024 Preseason Poll
As voted by head coaches and sports information staff
 

Rank	Team (1st pl. votes)	Pts.
1	West Texas A&M (24)	325
2	DBU (1)	303
3	Oklahoma Christian	258
4	Western New Mexico	240
5	St. Edward's	226
6	UT Tyler	223
7	Cameron (1)	178
8	Texas A&M International	150
9	Angelo State	138
10	Lubbock Christian	122
11	Texas A&M-Kingsville	89
12	Eastern New Mexico	74
13	Sul Ross State	40

 
 
LSC Men's Cross Country 2024 Runners to Watch
Submitted by each team
 

Athlete	Team	Cl.	Major	Hometown
Tate Hughes	Angelo State	Jr	Commercial Aviation	Wall, Texas
Austin Souther	Angelo State	So	Mechanical Engineering	Alvord, Texas
Kgaogelo Moloisi	Cameron	Jr	Criminal Justice	South Africa
Victor Ramos-Sambade	Cameron	So	Sports Exer. Science	Muros, Spain
Luke Ronsman	DBU	Jr	Entrepreneurship	Montgomery, Texas
Adam Whitehead	DBU	Gr	Mathematics	Gilbert, Ariz.
Bryan Hernandez	Eastern New Mexico	Fr	Graphic Design	San Elizario, Texas
Justin Sauceda	Eastern New Mexico	Fr	Biology	Houston, Texas
Kaleb Gaona	Lubbock Christian	Jr	Management	Lubbock, Texas
Alfons Rawall	Lubbock Christian	So	Economics	Goteborg, Sweden
Ethan Anthony	Oklahoma Christian	Gr	M.S. Project Mgmt.	Melbourne, Australia
Tegen Arega	Oklahoma Christian	Sr	Sports Management	Los Angeles, Calif.
Omar Guzman	St. Edward's	Sr	Biochemistry	Buda, Texas
Dylan Sequiera	St. Edward's	Sr	Accounting	Magnolia, Texas
Kendall Beard	Sull Ross State	So	Kinesiology/Performance	Crossroads, Texas
Ty Goodwin	Sul Ross State	Gr	Range Wildlife Mgmt.	Gatesville, Texas
Josphat Langat	Texas A&M International	Sr	Nursing	Nairobi, Kenya
Nirmit Dahiya	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Fr	Kinesiology	India
Abner Villanueva	Texas A&M-Kingsville	So	Biology	San Antonio, Texas
Chris Kopecky	UT Tyler	Fr	Pre-Nursing	East Benard, Texas
David Soto	UT Tyler	So	Accounting	Winnsboro, Texas
William Amponsah	West Texas A&M	Sr	Sports & Exer. Science	Agona Swedru, Ghana
Harry Louradour	West Texas A&M	Sr	Mechanical Engineering	Le Vigen, France
Jarred Baca	Western New Mexico	Sr	Molecular Biology	Las Vegas, N.M.
Javier Garcia	Western New Mexico	Fr	Business	Gilbert, Ariz.