No. 27 Arkansas is one of five nationally ranked women’s teams heading into the 2026 SEC Cross Country Championships hosted by Missouri at Gans Creek Course on Friday, October 30.
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No. 26 Arkansas returns to action with a 6,000m race on Friday morning at the Arturo Barrios Invitational hosted by Texas A&M on the Watts Cross Country course.
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Arkansas freshman Braelyn Combe won her first collegiate cross country race in dramatic fashion at the Chile Pepper Festival and earned a pair of conference honors as she was named SEC Runner of the Week as well as SEC Freshman of the Week for her performance.
Arkansas freshman Braelyn Combe won the women’s 5,000m by one tenth of a second on the last stride of the race at the 39th Chile Pepper Festival leading the Razorbacks to a team title with 69 points.
Women's results
The women’s SEC Runner of the Week honor went to Razorback sophomore Isca Chelangat, who broke the meet record in winning the Gans Creek Classic and produced the second fastest time this season over a 6,000m course in her Arkansas debut.
COLUMBIA – In her Razorback debut, Isca Chelangat won the individual title in a meet record of 18 minutes, 58.4 seconds at the eighth annual Gans Creek Classic with the 12th fastest performance ever on the 6,000m course.
Women's results
Arkansas opens the 2026 cross country season on Friday, September 25 at the eighth annual Gans Creek Classic hosted by Missouri.
In the second cross country season with Razorback coach Marc Burns, Arkansas is ranked No. 19 in the USTFCCCA preseason national coaches' poll and No. 1 in the South Central Region.