The men and women’s cross country team went all the way to Arkansas this past weekend for their meet. The teams competed in the Chili Pepper festival at the University of Arkansas, with the TexAnns bringing home third, and the Texans finishing ninth.

Freshman Audrey Shelton led the TexAnns this week. Shelton finished the 5,000-meter run in 18:44.2 and finished 46^th overall.

Katelin Huckabee, Lindsey Hinton and Aly Coughlin were close behind. Huckabee placed 52^nd overall and finished in 18:49.3, Hinton ran a 18:55.6, earning her 56^th place, and Coughlin finished in 19:00.7 for 63^rd.

Also competing for the TexAnns were first time runner Tylo Farrar (20:26.0) and veteran Lauren Finley (21:01.3).

The men’s race was an 8,000-meter race with Tye Doty leading the Texans. Doty finished in 65^th place with a time of 26:05.6. The only other Texan to finish in the top 100 was Dylan Willett with 69^th place and a time of 26:07.7.

Chase Rathke (26:30.8) took 105^th overall, Miles Joslin (27:02.8) finished 141^st, James Bodnar (27:23.5) placed 165^th, and Ben Haynes (27:49.7) finished 204^th place.

The Texans and TexAnns will travel to Angelo State University on Oct. 15^th for the ASU Blue and Gold.