Cross Country Gears up for the Chile Pepper Festival
October 11, 2007 | Cross Country
Oct. 11, 2007
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Red Raider cross country teams will head to Fayetteville, Ark., for the 19th Annual Chile Pepper Festival and compete against over 40 Division I and II schools, including nationally ranked teams. The squads will race on Arkansas' cross country course Sat., Oct. 13.
The Red Raider women sit at No. 24 in the nation going into this weekend's meet, seeking to improve from last year's performance at the Chile Pepper. In 2006, the squad finished third, with contributions from Sally Kipyego and Irene Kimaiyo, who claimed first- and second-place finishes, clocking 19:29.3 and 20:10.9, respectively. This year Tech will compete against No. 5 Arkansas, No. 7 Rice and No. 19 Virginia Tech, along with Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
The Tech men, who are currently ranked No. 13 in the Mountain Region, will seek to improve its 14th-place finish from a year ago, by the performances of the new 2007 individuals. The men's competition includes No. 9 Arkansas, LSU, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Baylor, Nebraska, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech.
Saturday's race will be the longest course distance the men's team has run on the season, on Arkansas' 10K terrain.
The Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival brings in over 3,500 runners from across the country competing in amateur, collegiate, high school and junior high races. For more information, visit www.chilepepperfestival.org.
Race times for the men are set for 9:45 a.m. CST, with the women following at 10:30 a.m.
Texas Tech will host the 2007 Big 12 Cross Country Championships Oct. 26 at the Jerry S. Rawls Course.
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