FAYETTEVILLE – North Texas cross country was back in action Saturday at the 31
st annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival hosted by the University of Arkansas.
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In a field of 32 men's teams North Texas came away with an 18
th place finish as a team paced by senior
Florian Lussy.
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Lussy, running in his first meet of the 2019 season finished the 8K race 30
th individually out of 304 runners with a time of 24:35.4.
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"Not our best day," head coach
Kevin Williams said. "We are struggling with a lot of injuries on the men's side right now and really relying on the freshmen."
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The North Texas freshman trio of
Braden Lange (25:45.5),
Mason Garner (26:55.9) and
Riley Wood (27:14.8) finished 124
th, 231
st and 250
th respectively as individuals.
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"It was a tough outing, but we have a month to correct our mistakes before conference." Williams added.
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The North Texas women finished 22
nd as a team out of a field of 27.
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Sophomore
Aubrey Schmidt led the way for the women finishing 112
th individually out of 266 runners with a time of 18:32.2 in the 5K race.
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"Again just a tough day for us," Williams said. "We are going to need to find some consistency in these next few weeks and get everyone firing at the same time."
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North Texas will be back in action October 12 when they head to College Station for the Arturo Barrios Invite hosted by Texas A&M.
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