HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Competing at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala., NM State enjoyed a solid showing at the 2025 Conference USA Cross Country Championships. Nia Allison led the way, finishing sixth overall to earn first team All-CUSA honors while helping the team tally a second-place result. Fellow junior Andrew Gibby paced the men's squad, recording a second team All-CUSA performance as the team took fifth.
 
Saturday's action kicked off with the women's 6k, where Nia Allison kept pace with the race leaders for the duration of the meet – posting a personal best time of 20:36.04 to finish sixth overall, her best finish at the CUSA Cross Country Championships. She became the first Aggie to earn first-team honors since joining Conference USA in 2023.
 
Amanda Radava finished second for the Crimson & White, taking 11^th overall with a time of 20:48.33, a new personal best. This performance garnered a second team All-CUSA selection for the Grobina, Latvia, native.
 
Rounding out the top three finishers for NM State was senior Valeria Macias Casas, powering her way up the leaderboard to finish 19^th overall, notching a new personal best time of 20:56.04.
 
True freshman Ainsleigh Kasprick crossed the line fourth on the team in her CUSA Championships debut, taking 34^th overall with a personal best time of 21:36.14. Marlene Mosqueda followed just behind, finishing 40^th with a time of 21:44.50.
 
Eloïse Stuart also made her CUSA Championships debut, joining the Aggies following a freshman season at Miami (FL), posting a new top time of 22:09.54. Stuart's teammate at Rock Canyon High School, Murrie Dodge crossed the line with a personal best mark of 22:22.35 in her second appearance at the CUSA Championships.
 
Freshman Brooke Kelly rounded out the Aggie finishers on the day in her championship-format debut.
 
On the men's side of the action, junior Andrew Gibby tallied his second straight all-conference selection, taking 16^th overall to earn third team honors with a time of 24:26.80.
 
A pair of sophomores closed off the top-three finishes for the Crimson & White, as Orion Chavez (24:44.64) and Omer Ibrahim (25:07.03) crossed the line in 25^th and 31^st, respectively. This became Chavez's best finish in a championship format, while Ibrahim made his CUSA Championships debut after joining the Aggies from Tarleton.
 
Carlsbad, N.M., native Derick Castellanos was the next to cross the line for NM State, recording a steady rise throughout the duration of the race to finish with a time of 25:30.63. Second-year Aggie Angel Maese finished 40^th overall with a mark of 25:36.46, a new best time in a championship format.
 
Seniors Nick Allred (25:47.79) and Jonah Archer (25:59.66) followed, with both recording solid kicks down the stretch to move multiple spots up the standings.
 
Sophomores Gabriel Uranga and Leo Valenzuela rounded out the day for the Aggies, with both recording new best times in the championship format.
 
2025 Conference USA Championships
 
Women's Results

1. Liberty –  40
2. NM State – 104
3. Missouri State – 117

 
Men's Results

4. Kennesaw State –  103
5. NM State – 146
6. UTEP – 158

 
Women's First Team All-Conference

1. Allie Zealand – Liberty
2. Marie Theres-Gruber – Delaware
3. Faith Nyathi – MTSU
4. Jessica Palisca – Liberty
5. Katrina Schlenker – Liberty
6. Nia Allison – NM State
7. Kinley Kunkel – WKU

 
Women's Second Team All-Conference

8. Viola Jepleting – Jax State
9. Valerie Lastra – FIU
10. Privillege Chikara – MTSU
11. Amanda Radava – NM State
12. Madison Seiler – Kennesaw State
13. Tabitha Fox – Missouri State
14. Rachel Hill – Liberty

 
Women's Third Team All-Conference

15. Odilia Jepchumba – MTSU
16. Ryann Aycock – Liberty
17. Katie Sigerund – Liberty
18. Kate Loescher – Liberty
19. Valeria Macias Casas – NM State
20. Jepkirui Kurgoi – Jax State
21. Mackenzie Babcock – Liberty

 
Men's Third Team All-Conference

15. Solomon Sayo – MTSU
16. Andrew Gibby – NM State
17. Nelbat Kirwa – Jax State
18. Evan Allen – Jax State
19. Mark Roper – Jax State
20. Mackdonald Songok – MTSU

21. Tristan Merchant – Liberty

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