LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Did you miss us? NM State is back in action this fall to kick off its 2025-26 campaign. On Friday, Head Coach Joseph Rath announced the 2025 Cross Country schedule.
 
As has become tradition in recent years, the Aggies will start the year hosting the Lori Fitzgerald Memorial Open at the NMSU Golf Course on Saturday, Aug. 30. The women's 5k is slated to begin at 7:30 a.m. MT, while the men's 5k is set to start approximately 30 minutes later.
 
Following the season opener, the Crimson & White will remain in the Land of Enchantment, heading north to Albuquerque for the Lobo Invitational, hosted by New Mexico at the UNM North Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 13. Competing in the meet for the first time in five seasons in 2024, Thomas Croshaw's time of 14:51.97 paced the Aggie men as they took home the team title.
 
NM State will travel outside the state for the first time during the season on Sept. 27, as they head west on I-10 to Tucson for the Dave Murray Invitational, hosted by the University of Arizona at the Randolph Golf Course. The meet will be a homecoming for a trio of student-athletes on the men's side, including junior Andrew Gibby, a Chandler, Ariz., native who transferred in to NM State from the University of Arizona in 2024.
 
The regular season finale is set for Oct. 17, as the Aggies are set to participate in the Arturo Barrios Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M – one of the largest and most prestigious cross country meets of the season. In 2024, Croshaw produced the best individual result for the Aggies, finishing 28^th overall with a time of 23:28.2.
 
The 2025 Conference USA Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday, Nov. 1, returning to Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala., with Middle Tennessee set to host.
 
Should the Aggies have student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Mountain Regional, it is set to take place on Nov. 14 at Valley Regional Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted by the University of Utah.
 
2025 NM State Cross Country Schedule

Aug. 30 – Lori Fitzgerald Memorial Open (Las Cruces, N.M.)
Sept. 13 – Lobo Invitational (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Sept. 27 – Dave Murray Invitational (Tucson, Ariz.)
Oct. 17 – Arturo Barrios Invitational (Bryan-College Station, Texas)
Nov. 1 – CUSA Championships (Oxford, Ala.)
Nov. 14 – NCAA Mountain Regional (Salt Lake City, Utah)
 
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