Southeastern Cross Country Places 20th at the Chili Pepper

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In the third meet of the season, the Southeastern Oklahoma State women's cross country team places 20^th at the Chili Pepper meet.
 
A trio of SEC schools took the top three spots at the meet, led by Texas, who won the event with a team score of 42. SE finished just above GAC-foe Harding with 574 points in 20^th, while the Bisons scored 586 points as a team in 21^st place. Oklahoma Baptist and East Central completed the Chili Pepper in 15^th and 17^th place, respectively.
 
Ashlen Clem paced the Savage Storm team on Saturday morning with a time of 18:36.7 to finish 109^th individually. Next to cross the line. Anjelica Abraham and Arden Kesterson placed 141^st and 142^nd with times of 19:14.7 and 19:16.7, respectively.
 
Southeastern would have four members finish within seconds of each other, beginning with Rayla Castillo (161^st), who recorded a time of 19:39.9, followed by Alexis Longoria, who finished at 19:41.8 in 162^nd. Genevi Martinez and Calibre Keene finished back-to-back at 19:44.9 and 19:46.1, respectively.
 
Katlen Clem registered a time of 19:59.6 to place 175^th, and Cassandra Vargas was next to cross the line in 194^th place with a time of 20:30.1. Joining the pair at the finish line, Savannah Sandoval (207) and Devyn Doakes (214) tallied times of 21:01.3 and 21:18.2, respectively.
 
Cheyanne Gorman recorded a 21:36.0 to finish 220^th individually and was later joined by teammate Aereonna Cardenas at 21:53.5 in 224^th. Rounding out the Southeastern lineup, Andrea Lopez finished at 22:23.8, and Delilah Roberts finished at 23:14.5.
 
SE is back in action again on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Old Glory Gallup, hosted by Dallas Baptist.