FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Mulerider Women's Cross Country team made the venture to northwest Arkansas for the 35^th running of the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas in which they saw six runners place inside the top 100 in the 179-runner course. Southern Arkansas as a team placed seventh of 23 squads with just 15+ points higher than the six above.
 
Competition included programs such as: Minot State, Cowley, Butler CC, UT-Dallas, College of the Ozarks, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Central Missouri, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Iowa Central CC, Friends College, SW Assemblies of God, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Ozark Christian, McPherson, Hendrix College, The Ozarks, Neosho County CC, Carl Albert State, NW Arkansas CC, Concordia (TX), National Park College, and Connors State.
 
In the 34^th Chile Pepper Festival, sophomore Logan Warren finished 20^th with a time of 19:07.4. In her second go around, the junior placed 12^th in the Women's Prairie Fire 5k after she spotted a time of 19:38.5.
 
The freshman Rachel Solano made her introduction to the CPF by placing 14^th in the competition with a time of 19:49.1 to set a new personal 5k record by more than a minute (20:59.9 LDI).
 
The remaining Muleriders to place included senior Alyzah McGlasson (49^th | 21:39.8), freshman Cantley Gosdin (59^th | 21:55.3 | PR), sophomore Ava Zindler (75^th | 22:26.6), sophomore Angel Redmond (98^th | 23:07.6), and junior Victoria Cheney (124^th | 24:38.6).
 
Southern Arkansas Cross Country has just two meets left this fall season with Old Glory Gallop hosted by Dallas Baptist coming up October 7 and the Great American Conference Championships arriving soon on October 21 in Russellville, Arkansas. For information on the upcoming competitions and more, check out www.MuleriderAthletics.com.