TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Senior Beverly Ramos put the lid on her Kansas State cross country career on Monday at the NCAA Championships when she crossed the finish line in the women's 6K race with a 33rd-place finish, good enough to name her a 2009 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American. She is the ninth All-American in school history.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Kansas State cross country teams completed their regular season on Saturday at the Midwest Regional Championships in Springfield, Mo. Senior Beverly Ramos helped the women capture a ninth-place finish, while the men's team finished 21st.

Kansas State's men's and women's cross country teams will open the 2009 season at the 60th Annual J.K. Gold Classic on Saturday in Augusta. The competition is hosted by Wichita State and will be run at the R.A.F.T. Golf Course. The starting gun will go off for the women's 4K race at 9 a.m., followed by the men's 6K race at 9:45 a.m.

Kansas State's cross country teams participated in the Big 12 Championships Saturday in Ames and were led by a sixth-place finish for the women's squad, which scored its best team finish since the 2001 season, while K-State's men placed 11th.

The Kansas State men's and women's cross country teams will compete in their last non-championship event, Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. at the Pre-NCAA Invitational.

On Tuesday the Big 12 Conference honored Kansas State sophomore Beverly Ramos as the Big 12 women's cross country Runner of the Week for her first place finish at the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., on Sep. 15.