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Final
Cross Country
at Cowboy Preview
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, October 5
Fayetteville, Ark.
9:30 AM
University of Oklahoma
at
Chile Pepper Festival
XC Returns to Course in Fayetteville
October 03, 2019 | Cross Country
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma men's and women's cross country teams continue their season on Saturday at the 31st annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.
The meet, held at Agri Park on the University of Arkansas campus, will feature 80 XC teams and is set to kick off at 9 a.m. CT with the men's 8K races. The two women's 5K races will follow beginning at 10:40 a.m. The Sooners men's and women's teams are scheduled to run in each of their first respective races.
"We are definitely excited to get back on it," said associate head cross country coach Charmaine Darden, who will be making her coaching debut for the Sooners. "This will be my first time getting to view the athletes actually compete. We definitely have a good group based on their past times. We are looking to run very well this week. Once I get those results, we will take it from there."
The Sooners are coming off a solid season-opening showing at the Hurricane Preview in Tulsa on Aug. 31. The women's team took third in the 3,6000m race while the men finished fourth in the 6,400m run. Freshmen paced both the men's and women's groups in Tulsa with Luke Reid taking sixth for the Sooner men and Elise Welch placing ninth for the women.
CHILE PEPPER XC FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Men's Collegiate 8K Race 1: 9 a.m. CT
Men's Collegiate 8K Race 2: 9:50 a.m. CT
Women's Collegiate 5K Race 1: 10:40 a.m. CT
Women's Collegiate 5K Race 2: 11:20 a.m. CT
Venue: Agri Park; Fayetteville, Ark.
OU Women Competing: Madison Acosta, Grace Barber, Elise Boisvert, Camilla Broman, Alison Hepp, Carson Hockersmith, Jordyn Kaplan, Madeline Medina, Natalie O'Brien, Elise Welch
OU Men Competing: Andrew Doherty, Justice Dick, Zach Gentry, Jordan Gledhill, Derek King, Tyler Phillips, Tyler Tickner
Live Results: Flash Results
UP NEXT
The Sooners will race in the renowned Pre-National Invitational, held this year in Terre Haute, Ind., where the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships will take place later this season.
CONNECT WITH THE SOONERS
For more information on Oklahoma cross country, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Track) and like Oklahoma Sooners Track & Field and Cross Country on Facebook.
The meet, held at Agri Park on the University of Arkansas campus, will feature 80 XC teams and is set to kick off at 9 a.m. CT with the men's 8K races. The two women's 5K races will follow beginning at 10:40 a.m. The Sooners men's and women's teams are scheduled to run in each of their first respective races.
"We are definitely excited to get back on it," said associate head cross country coach Charmaine Darden, who will be making her coaching debut for the Sooners. "This will be my first time getting to view the athletes actually compete. We definitely have a good group based on their past times. We are looking to run very well this week. Once I get those results, we will take it from there."
The Sooners are coming off a solid season-opening showing at the Hurricane Preview in Tulsa on Aug. 31. The women's team took third in the 3,6000m race while the men finished fourth in the 6,400m run. Freshmen paced both the men's and women's groups in Tulsa with Luke Reid taking sixth for the Sooner men and Elise Welch placing ninth for the women.
CHILE PEPPER XC FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Men's Collegiate 8K Race 1: 9 a.m. CT
Men's Collegiate 8K Race 2: 9:50 a.m. CT
Women's Collegiate 5K Race 1: 10:40 a.m. CT
Women's Collegiate 5K Race 2: 11:20 a.m. CT
Venue: Agri Park; Fayetteville, Ark.
OU Women Competing: Madison Acosta, Grace Barber, Elise Boisvert, Camilla Broman, Alison Hepp, Carson Hockersmith, Jordyn Kaplan, Madeline Medina, Natalie O'Brien, Elise Welch
OU Men Competing: Andrew Doherty, Justice Dick, Zach Gentry, Jordan Gledhill, Derek King, Tyler Phillips, Tyler Tickner
Live Results: Flash Results
UP NEXT
The Sooners will race in the renowned Pre-National Invitational, held this year in Terre Haute, Ind., where the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships will take place later this season.
CONNECT WITH THE SOONERS
For more information on Oklahoma cross country, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Track) and like Oklahoma Sooners Track & Field and Cross Country on Facebook.
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