MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The 14^th Annual Lois Davis Invitational is in the books, as Mulerider Cross Country capped off the meet with both teams finishing inside the top three of all teams. Competition for the return of the LDI included Louisiana-Monroe, Ouachita Baptist, Arkansas-Monticello, Bossier Parish CC, and Arkansas-Rich Mountain.
 
Mulerider Women
For the first race of the evening, the women runners took off in a 5,000-meter race (3.11 miles). The 5K saw 64 competitors participate in the race. Southern Arkansas finished in third place. Leading the way for the Mulerider Women was once again senior Ava Zindler. The native of Tomball, Texas, finished the outing in 11^th after she recorded a time of 19:59.91.
 
Trailing not far behind Zindler was sophomore Rylee Robinson in 14^th after the Fort Worth, Texas native recorded her time of 20:17.86.
 
The Blue and Gold saw their remaining seven runners finish within the top fifty. Leading the way for those seven was Kailee Carr in 29^th. Carr finished her first LDI with a time of 21:34.73. The next six of those seven runners included Rachel Solano (31^st | 21:37.24), Cantley Gosdin (33^rd | 21:55.48), Kaylie Goad (36^th | 22:01.44), Cheyenne Olson (39^th | 22:31.31), Isabella Sandoval (43^rd | 23:01.56), and Faith Gibbs (44^th | 23:04.07).
 
Mulerider Men
For the men, the teams ran an 8,000-meter race with 57 finishers. The Muleriders finished the outing strong and, for the most part, stayed together as a pack with four Muleriders finishing 6^th-9^th, three finishing 15^th-17^th, and three finishing 31^st-33^rd. The Blue and Gold's lead ended up being senior Wesley Maxwell in second place. The Magnolia, Texas native was only bested by ULM's Chase Gunn by 14 seconds as Maxwell led the Division I runner for most of the race. The Texan finished in second after accounting for a time of 25:53.8.
 
Runners six through nine in the meet, and two through five for the Muleriders, ended up being Fintan Lehman (26:47.91), Lyndon Orr (26:50.46), Joseph Uc (26:53.42), and Johnny Hart (27:07.47).
 
The next group of Muleriders that finished from 15^th to 17^th were Isaac Gass (27:35.24), Jack Landrum (27:38.26), and Hez Morris (27:42.60).
 
The next four members of SAU to finish all ended up being one runner a part as Diego Moya finished 20^th (28:03.38), Myson McFall finished 22^nd (28:04.70), Charles Patton finished 24^th (28:29.67), and Hunter Pye finished 26^th (28:40.75).
 
The final group of Blue and Gold members finished from 31^st to 33^rd. Those competitors included Gary Smith (29:04.30), Brandon Escobar (29:12.97), and Zach McMillon (29:17.24).
 
Next Up:
The Muleriders take next weekend off from competition, but not preparation, as Southern Arkansas' next challenge ahead of them is set to take place in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Chile Pepper Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas on October 4^th.