Chile Pepper Festival, Fayetteville, 9/22/18
Note - This is a HUGE cross country meet over a really good course. Good experience for learning how to run in big crowds. I was there all day and course was pretty wet. especially around turns. SugarBear FR Gracie Hyde ran really well....she finished with a group of runners that had she been just a few steps faster would have been Top 16. Her time is about 5:45 per mile which is terrific on a wet and muddy course.
https://ucasports.com/news/2018/9/22/womens-cross-country-uca-women-11th-men-13th-at-chili-pepper-festival.aspx FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. _ The University of Central Arkansas women finished 11th and the men 13th at Saturday's Arkansas Chili Pepper Cross Country Festival at the UA Agri Park.
UCA's women were 11th out of 51 teams, with freshman Gracie Hyde getting UCA's top finish at 20th place in a time of 18:02.7 over the 5K course. UCA senior Taylor Dunn finished 37th in a time of 18:19.3. Junior Erin Woodward finished 88th (19:06) while sophomore Charlotte Blair was 107th (19:20). Freshman Casey Gore was 119th (19:30.5), followed by freshman Amy Vedder in 136th (19:49) and freshman Kennedy Timmerman in 141st (19:53.3).
On the men's side, UCA was 13th out of 49 teams, led by sophomore Alex Hanson in 46th place with a 25:53.4 over the 8K course. Senior Julien Jeandree finished 71st in 26:07.9, while senior Brock Collins was 78th (26:18.7). Freshman Hunter Henderson finished 101st (26:35.3) andd senior Alonzo Pollum was next in 102nd (26:35.7).
Junior Jaron Hamilton finished 117th (26:48.1) and sophomore Jared Hamilton was 146th (27:27.1).
The UCA men will compete at both Kansas and McNeese State next weekend, while the women will run at Kansas