CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas –Olivia Sipes and Payten Vidourek led Northwestern State's efforts Friday at the Southland Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Sipes set the pace for the Lady Demons with a 40^th-place finish in the 60-runner field.

The junior clocked a 25:44.66 in the 6K race, shaving more than three minutes off her 2019 time in the last championship event in which she competed.

The women placed last in the eight-team conference field with 229 points, finishing behind Southeastern (210).

The other four Lady Demons finished between 48^th and 57^th, just a step behind SLU runners who clustered in the low and mid-40s.

Sophomore Jazz Rasouliyan (27:26.73) finished 48^th, sophomore Leah Thompson (28:37.66) came in 54^th, junior Erin Wilson (55^th) clocked a 28:45.67 and Janeen Cullen (29:16.66) placed 57^th.

Host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (56 points) edged New Orleans (57 points) for the women's team title while UIW's Abby Gray won the individual crown with a 21:30.39.

Vidourek set the pace for the Demons with a 42^nd-place finish in a 65-runner field.

He clocked a 27:49.30 in the 8K race, improving from his 85^th-place finish as a freshman in the 2019 conference championship meet.

The Demons finished last in the eight-team field with 220 points, narrowly missing seventh-place Nicholls (209 points).

Sophomore Xavier Wilson turned in at 46^th with a 28:32.52 with freshman Blake Glorioso (28:42.24) close in tow in 50^th and fellow freshman Beau Melancon (28:56.30) in 51^st.

Freshman Dextrell Parks was NSU's fifth scorer in 61^st place at 32:16.26. Freshman Jailyn Carter clocked a 36:42.26 in 65^th place.

Nicholls' lead runner finished 33^rd with another cluster of scorers in the 40s.

McNeese built a comfortable edge (47 points) en route to a team title over No. 2 UIW (65 points). Southeastern's Bradley Makuvire won the individual title at 24:11.44.