When Adrian Myers considered becoming the director of Tulane’s cross country and track and field teams in 2021, multiple coaches questioned his ability to make headway at a program that had struggled for a long time.

They pointed to the heat and humidity in New Orleans, the school’s lack of history and investment and the absence of a track facility as major deterrents to success.

He decided to bet on himself, and four years later, he is taking the Green Wave to the NCAA men's cross country championships after winning the South Central regional championships for the first time in school history.

The 19th-ranked Wave will compete against 31 other teams in a 10K race on Saturday morning at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri, aiming to improve significantly on last se

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