FAYETTEVILLE, Ark._ The University of Central Arkansas men's cross country team finished ninth overall and the women's team was 11th in the College Division I race at the University of Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday.

    Senior Albert Maeder paced the men's squad with an 85th-place finish out of 466 runners. Maeder covered the 8K course in a time of 25:25.21. Senior Josh Quiroga finished 91st in a time of 25:29.82, followed by freshman Markus Schweikert in 99th (25:35.90). Freshman Austin Salazar finished 108th (25:40.62), while sophomore Preston Borg was 123rd (25:45.93). Junior Grant Williams finished 148th (26:00.32), junior Andrew Simpson wsa 163rd (26:07.60) and senior Ryan Davidson was 200th (26:29.67).

    On the women's side, junior Brigette Caruthers finished 61st over the 5K course in a time of 17:57.64. There were 436 runners in the women's race. Freshman Taylor Dunn was 100th (18:34.96), followed by sophomore Abigail Topham in 121st (18:32.36). Freshman Sara Shaw finished 146th (18:43.41), while junior Hanna Holstein was 200th (19:13.20). Senior Abbie Linna finished 226th (19:28.10).

MEN'S RESULTS