CROSS COUNTRY

A&M meet to begin at 5 p.m. Friday: Start times for the high school divisions of the Texas A&M Invitational at Penberthy Intraural fields have been moved to 5 p.m. Friday.

The start times for the university races will remain the same -- 6:30 p.m. for university men and 7:10 p.m. for university women.

High school divisions will consist of 5A-4A classes and 3A-2A-A classes.

SOCCER

Robinson candidate for Lowe's award: Texas A&M senior Laura Grace Robinson was selected Wednesday as a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Robinson is one of 30 female senior student-athletes selected for the award. The award is based on four categories: class room, character, community and competition.

Robinson is one of only two Big 12 athletes selected as candidates. She is an accounting and finance double major with a 3.78 grade point average. She is in Aggie Athletes Involved and HOSTS (Helping One Student to Succeed).

Winners will be announced during the 2008 Women's Championships in Cary, N.C., on Dec. 5-7.

SWIMMING

Heiss, Marshall selected to national team: Texas A&M swimmers Kristen Heiss and Christine Marshall have been named to the 2008-09 USA Swimming National Team.

The six fastest American swimmers in each event were named to the U.S. squad based on times swam at the 2008 Olympic Games, Olympic Trials and the U.S. Open.

Heiss made the team in the 200-meter backstroke and the 400 freestyle. Heiss earned the silver medal at the U.S. Open in Minneapolis last month in times of 2:09.99 and 4:09.25, respectively.

Marshall made the Olympic team in the 200 freestyle, and she swam in the prelims of the 800 freestyle relay to become the first swimmer from A&M to represent the United States at the Olympics.

Marshall won a bronze medal on the 800 freestyle relay team, becoming A&M's first female Olympic swimming medalist.

-- Special to The Eagle