SE 11th at Chile Pepper Festival

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Southeastern held its own in the largest field it has faced on the season as the team posted an 11^th place finish in the 41-team collegiate 5K run at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
The Savage Storm finished with 445 total points and finished ahead of Great American Conference and Central region foes such as Southern Arkansas, Central Oklahoma, Arkansas Tech, Northwest Missouri State, Southern Nazarene, and Northwestern Oklahoma State.
 
SE was paced by Rebekah Christman who turned in a 19:22.8 run over the 5K distance to finish 42^nd overall.
 
Regan Ramos crossed next with a run of 19:44.7 to finish 60^th while posting her first sub-20 time of the year.
 
Jacy Springer posted a new season-best mark of 20:30.5 to finish in 116^th place, while Skye Summer was just nine seconds back in 129^th with a time of 20:39.6
 
Lindsey Klasek was the fifth Storm finisher, posting a time of 20:51.2 to finish 144^th, and was followed in by Megan Rose who clocked a time of 21:12.5 to finish in 171^st.
 
Amanda Rodriguez posted a 189^th place finish with a time of 21:23.1, and was followed in by Zacia Guthrie in 246^th place with a run of 22:36.5, while Bailey Pritchett rounded out the Storm runners in 250^th place with a mark of 22:40.1.
 
A total of 351 runners participated in the race which included NCAA schools from all three divisions as well as junior college and NAIA.
 
Southeastern will be back in action Oct. 11 when it travels to Marshall, Texas, for the ETBU Cross Country Meet.