University of Missouri
Chile Pepper Festival
Chile Pepper Festival Next for Mizzou Cross Country
9/29/2016 5:52:00 PM | Cross Country
A meet record 65 programs are slated to compete in Fayetteville
COLUMBIA, Mo. – For its third race of the 2016 campaign, the Mizzou Cross Country team will head to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the 28th annual Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday. The men will kick off the day for the Tigers in the 8000m, beginning at 9:45 a.m. CT, followed by the women's 5000m race, which is scheduled to start at 10:20 a.m. CT.
A meet record 65 programs are scheduled to race in the Festival, with 17 states represented.
Junior Karissa Schweizer (Urbandale, Iowa), coming off a first-place finish at the Commodore Classic on Sept. 17, leads the way for the women. Schweizer earned SEC Runner of the Week honors for her performance, shaving 13 seconds off her previous personal-best to pace the field in Nashville.
The men's team is looking to build off a fifth-place finish at the Commodore Classic, where eight of Mizzou's 10 runners finished in the top-70, led by a 14th place finish from senior Ollie Lockley (Colby, Isle of Man).
The trip to Arkansas will be the first of two on the year for the Tigers, who return to Fayetteville on Oct. 28, for the SEC Championships.
Mizzou Starting Line – Men
Jordan Cook (RS Sr.) // Zach Cook (RS So.) // Marc Dubrick (RS Jr.) // Tyler Gillam (RS Fr.) // Ben Goodman (RS Jr.) // Brian Hernan (RS Jr.) // Tim Johnson (RS Sr.) // Sheldon Keence (RS Jr.) // Ollie Lockley (Sr.) // Luca Russo (Sr.) // Mark Sheridan (RS So.) // Taylor Stephen (RS So.) // Drew White (RS Sr.) // Michael Widmann (RS Fr.) // Cain Winebrenner (RS Jr.)
Mizzou Starting Line – Women
Teylar Adelsberger (Sr.) // Ellyn Atkinson (RS Jr.) // Kaelyn Balch (RS Jr.) // Kaitlyn Fischer (RS Jr.) // Susan Forbis (Fr.) // Emmie Hahn (So.) // Valeska Halamicek (RS Jr.) // Jamie Kempfer (Jr.) // Jordyn Kleve (RS Fr.) // Bianca Mello (RS Jr.) // Nicole Mello (Sr.) // Karissa Schweizer (Jr.) // Faramola Shonekan (Fr.) // Kate Smith (RS Fr.) // Hannah Thomas (So.) // Carolyn White (So.)
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