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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's and women's cross country teams take part in the 31
stannual Chile Pepper Festival on Friday at the University of Arkansas Cross Country Course.
The men compete in the first heat of the 8K at 9 a.m. while the women compete in the first heat of the 5K at 10:40.
This is the same course on which UTRGV will compete during the NCAA South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 15.
The men are currently ranked 12
th in the South Central Region and compete in a field that includes 31 teams, several of which are nationally ranked, including No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 25 Arkansas, and Texas, which is receiving votes.
| Men's Heat One |
National Rank |
Regional Rank (DI Only) |
| Allen CC |
9 (NJCAA) |
|
| Arkansas |
25 |
1 |
| Arkansas State |
|
|
| Baker |
24 (NAIA) |
|
| Baylor |
|
11 |
| Cameron |
|
|
| Central Arkansas |
|
13 |
| Central Missouri |
|
|
| Cloud County CC |
1 (NJCAA) |
|
| Colorado School of Mines |
1 (DII) |
|
| Incarnate Word |
|
|
| Iowa Central CC |
2 (NJCAA) |
|
| Lamar |
|
7 |
| Lubbock Christian |
|
|
| Missouri S&T |
|
|
| North Texas |
|
5 |
| Northwest Missouri |
15 (DII) |
|
| Oklahoma |
|
|
| Oklahoma Christian |
|
|
| Oklahoma City |
1 (NAIA) |
|
| Oklahoma State |
8 |
2 |
| Rice |
|
4 |
| Saint Mary |
3 (NAIA) |
|
| South Dakota |
|
|
| Texas |
RV |
2 |
| Texas State |
|
10 |
| UT Arlington |
|
6 |
| UT Martin |
|
|
| UTRGV |
|
12 |
| Wayland Baptist |
|
|
| Western Colorado |
2 (DII) |
|
The women are currently ranked 14
th in the South Central Region and compete in a field that includes 28 teams, several of which are nationally ranked, including No. 2 Arkansas, No. 19 Oklahoma State, and Texas and West Virginia, which are each receiving votes.
| Women's Heat One |
National Rank |
Regional Rank (DI Only) |
| Abilene Christian |
|
|
| Arkansas |
2 |
1 |
| Arkansas State |
|
|
| Baylor |
|
5 |
| Central Arkansas |
|
|
| Cowley |
7 (NJCAA) |
|
| Incarnate Word |
|
8 |
| Iowa Central CC |
1 (NJCAA) |
|
| Lamar |
|
|
| Lubbock Christian |
|
|
| Missouri S&T |
|
|
| Missouri State |
|
|
| North Texas |
|
|
| Oklahoma |
|
|
| Oklahoma City |
24 (NAIA) |
|
| Oklahoma State |
19 |
2 |
| Rice |
|
7 |
| Saint Mary |
RV (NAIA) |
|
| Sam Houston State |
|
|
| South Dakota |
|
12 |
| Texas |
RV |
2 |
| Texas State |
|
13 |
| Tulsa |
|
7 |
| UT Arlington |
|
15 |
| UT Martin |
|
|
| UTRGV |
|
14 |
| West Virginia |
RV |
5 |
| Western Colorado |
6 (DII) |
|
UTRGV is off to a strong start this year, with three individual victories in four tries as sophomore
Abraham Chirchir won both the UIW Opener and the Texas A&M Invitational while sophomore
Dorcas Koech won the UIW Opener.
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