A pair of Razorbacks earned SEC weekly honors following their respective performances at the 37th Chile Pepper Festival. Timothy Chesondin was named SEC men’s Runner of the Week while James Sankei received SEC men’s Freshman of the Week.
Razorback Sydney Thorvaldson covered the 5,000m course at Agri Park in a winning time of 16 minutes, 3 seconds as Arkansas finished second in team scoring with 106 points at the 37th Chile Pepper Festival.
Final results
Razorback Timothy Chesondin led Arkansas to a team title at the 37th Chile Pepper Festival as he produced a meet and Agri Park course record of 22 minutes, 53.6 seconds for the individual victory.
Final results
Arkansas, nationally ranked No. 10 by Flotrack and No. 19 in the USTFCCCA coaches poll, competes on its home course Saturday during the 37th annual Chile Pepper Festival.
37th annual Chile Pepper Festival will be held Oct. 3-4 at Agri Park with Arkansas teams racing at 10:25am (men) and 11:00am (women) on Saturday morning.
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