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GOLDEN SUNS FINISH IN 42ND PLACE AT LAST SATURDAY'S
CHILE PEPPER CROSS COUNTRY FESTIVAL
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas –
Arkansas Tech Women’s Cross Country closed out its
regular season here Saturday with a 42nd place finish
overall and sixth among non-NCAA Division I schools at
the Chile Pepper X-C Festival hosted by the University
of Arkansas and held at Agri Park Cross Country Course.
Tech scored 1,297 points to finish in 42nd place overall
and sixth among non-D-I schools at the event. Arkansas
won the 47-team, 6,000-meter race with 41 points, while
Duke University finished in second place with 133
points.
Leading the way for Tech was freshman Melissa
Pollreis (Gravette, Ark.), who ran the course in a
time of 25:10.1 to finish in 274th place overall.
Pollreis’ time was a career-best for a 6K race.
Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego won the women’s individual
title as she ran the 6,000-meter course in a time of
19:29.3, while Texas Tech’s Irene Kimaiyo was the next
finisher as she ran a time of 20:10.9.
In
addition to Pollreis, sophomore Brianna Greene
(Harrison, Ark.) was the next finisher for the Golden
Suns as she ran a time of 26:35.6 to finish in 306th
place overall. Junior Jessica Miller (Van Buren,
Ark.) was the next finisher as she ran a time of 26:42.6
to finish in 310th place overall, while freshman
Michelle Pollreis (Gravette, Ark.) ran a time of
27:03.7 to finish in 316th place overall. The final two
finishers were freshman Jessica Jervis (Cabot,
Ark.), who finished in 330th place after running a time
of 28:17.6 and junior Molly Fleming (Cabot, Ark.)
ran a time of 31:39.0 to finish in 346th place.
Tech returns to action next Saturday, Oct. 21, when they
will compete at the Gulf South Conference Championship
Meet in Huntsville, Ala.
TECH WOMEN – INDIVIDUAL
Overall Team
274 234 Melissa Pollreis
25:10.1
306 259 Brianna
Greene 26:35.6
310 262 Jessica
Miller 26:42.6
316 267 Michelle
Pollreis 27:03.7
330 275 Jessica
Jervis 28:17.6
346 N/A Molly
Fleming 31:39.0
Complete Chile Pepper Individual Results
Complete Chile Pepper Team Results
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