FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Oct. 2, 2016) – The Southern Arkansas Mulerider Cross Country team returned to action after last week's hiatus and recorded a 14th-place finish overall in the Non-Division I field at the always competitive Chile Pepper run hosted by the University of Arkansas on Saturday morning.
TEAM FINISH
Southern Arkansas (14th Non-Division I)
INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
Senior Doug Palmer led SAU for the fourth-consecutive meet and did so with a 52nd-place finish overall at 25:39.83, while being the sixth Great American Conference runner to cross the finish line.
Senior Jose Guevara (25:52.92) was the second Mulerider to cross the line and did so in 63rdplace.
Sophomore Lane Alexander finished in 75th place with a time of 26:03.27., while classmateBradyn Gower finished in 117th place at 26:42.50.
A pair of underclassmen in freshman Austin Morgan and sophomore Nathan Poovey logged improved performances from the Southern Stampede as Morgan logged a sub-28:00 time of 27:22.84 with Poovey finishing in 28:00.77.
Junior Cody Fox (28:23.24) rounded out the point-scoring placements for Southern Arkansas.
OF NOTE
Three Muleriders finished in the top-100 of 396 total Non-Division I runners.
Colorado School of Mines won the Non-Division I event as all seven point-scoring runners finished in the top-21, while East Central, while Missouri Southern State's Vincent Kiprop placed first overall with a time of 23:03.88; which was 30 seconds faster than the top Division I finisher on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Southern Arkansas returns home to host the 6th annual Lois Davis Invitational on Friday, October 7. Additional information will be made available ASAP.
Be sure to visit muleriderathletics.com for continuing coverage of Mulerider Cross Country including pre- and post-race updates and the coach's show with Head Coach Tim Servis.
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