Trinity's Masse Leads Women to TLU Invite Win; Men in Time Trial

San Antonio - The Trinity Tigers women's cross country team won the TLU Invitational Saturday at Texas Lutheran University.

Trinity scored 30 points and beat UT-Permian Basin, Texas A&M International and Concordia (Texas). 

Tiger junior Caitlin Masse won an individual title for the second straight week - at Texas Lutheran - clocking in at 22:21.6 on the 6k course. Masse captured last week's Texas DIII Championship. 

Senior Jasmine Martin placed eighth (25:05.9) and sophomore Jordan Hanson was 13^th (25:56.1). Junior Jenna Price finished in 14^th place (26:05.4).

The men's race was rained out, but the Tiger men returned to the Trinity campus to run an 8K time trial on the E.M. Stevens Stadium track.

Senior Chass Armstrong had the best time, at 25:05, followed by senior Bryant Wright, with a 25:16. Junior Zach Brush posted a time of 25:55 in third place, and junior Adam Cribb was fourth at 26:27. Sophomore Robert Edmonds was fifth (26:38), first-year runner Sal Perdomo placed sixth (26:50), first-year Pancho Escobedo was seventh (26:58) and first-year Mark Greene was eighth (28:26). Sophomore Eric Elliott had the ninth-best time (28:35), first-year Kevin Gaughan was 10^th (29:36) and senior Mike Warner placed 11^th (30:52).

Trinity will compete on Oct. 17 at the University of Arkansas Chili Pepper Invitational at Fayetteville.