FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Moses Chelimo and
Madeleine Robertson led the ULM men's and women's cross country teams at the 21st
annual Arkansas Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival on Saturday at Agri Park.
Chelimo and Robertson have led their respective
teams in each meet ran this season. Chelimo finished in 86th place (32:08.61)
on the men's side, while Robertson crossed in 152nd place (23:48.88) for the
women's team.
In total, there were 29 teams who competed in
the 10K men's race and 243 runners crossed the finish line. On the women's side
34 teams ran in the 6K race, with 267 runners crossing the finish line.
Hunter Russell finished in the top half of
the competition for the Warhawk men's team with a 112th place finish and a time
of 32:33.72. Also for ULM, Britt Koestler ran in 34:04.20, which was good for
186th. Kendall Robbins grabbed the 195th spot after crossing in 34:16.99, while
Jorel Torres placed 200th in 34:27.05.
As a team, the ULM men finished in 22nd,
while Oklahoma State placed first and Oklahoma took second.
Colby Lowe (Oklahoma State) took the
individual trophy on the men's side with a time of 29:30.90. In addition, John
Kosgei (Oklahoma State) grabbed runner-up honors after finishing just .07
hundreds behind Lowe.
Denise Myers ran in 25:15.70 for the Warhawk
women's team to finish in 209th, while Tyler Blacklock crossed in 26:01.61 to
grab the 224th spot. Also for the ULM women, Jasmine Garcia placed 251st (27:43.77).
Lillian Badaru (Texas Tech) grabbed the women's
individual trophy after running in 20:31.52. Cecely Lew finished in the
runner-up spot after finishing in 20:32.56.
Texas Tech took the women's team trophy after
placing runners in the first, third, fourth, and sixth spots. BYU finished as
runner-ups after placing a runner in second place. The Warhawk women didn't
record a team score because they didn't have the minimum five runners
competing.
The Festival was the final tune up for the
ULM men's and women's cross country teams before they will host the Sun Belt Conference
Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31 in Monroe, La.
