CONWAY, Ark. – The UCA men’s and women’s cross country teams were in action at the 23^rd annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas today in Fayetteville.
 
The men’s race featured a 10k course and 288 participants from 32 different teams. Meanwhile, the women’s race featured a 6k track, 296 runners and 34 teams.
 
UCA’s men finished 24^th overall, just ahead of TCU and Rogers State. The women earned a 25^th place finish in the 32 team field.
 
The men placed two runners in the top-150 as Amos Gerber finished with a mark of 32:35.6 , good enough for 140^th. Jeremiah Fleeman finished 148^th overall with a time of 32:44.6.
 
Southern Utah’s Cam Levins was the overall men’s champ, crossing the finish line in 29:13.8. Oklahoma State finished first in the team standings with 25 points. Arkansas was second with 78 and Oklahoma earned a third place finish with 161 points.
 
The UCA women were also paced by two runners finishing in the top-150. Kayla Nehus was 146^th, finishing with a time of 23:21.8 and Courtney Efurd finished 150^th with a time of 23:25.3.
 
Texas won the women’s team title with just 85 points. Arkansas and Oklahoma State rounded out the top-three. The individual women’s winner was Silje Fjortoft of SMU. She was the only participant to finish with a time under 20 minutes, doing so in 19:44.2.
 
UCA is back in action on Oct. 31 when they head to Nacogdoches, Texas to compete in the Southland Conference Championships.
 
Women's Results
Men's Results