ISLANDERS HAVE GOOD SHOWING AT CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL
The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi cross country teams traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the annual Chile Pepper Festival. Both teams had top 15 finishes with the women coming in at ninth place out of 34 teams and the men placing 12 out of 29 teams.
Top finishers were Anne Ronoh who came in at 15 with a time of 21:34.28 for the women and Patrick Kimeli finished with a time of 30:44.81 good for 22 place.
On the women's side the Islanders cracked the top ten at the Chile Pepper for the first time in program's history. A&M-Corpus Christi in an impressive field was the highest Southland Conference school in the meet.
Ronoh was 15, BreAnna Briggs finished 63, Sarah De Los Santos was 69, Courtney Johnson was 75, Sheila Salil 90, Caitlin Arambula 97, Kristine Torres 124, Daniela Prado 167 and Faith Barlow didn't finish. Lillian Badaru of Texas Tech won with the time of 20:31.52.
"This was the first time the women have cracked the top 10 at this meet which will look as a good omen heading into the conference meet in two weeks," said cross country head coach Shawn Flanagan.
For the men they finished in the top 15 in a highly competitive meet with several teams in the region, and conference.
Finishes for the Islander men were Kimeli at 22, Ari Perez 61, Scott Vance 66, Eloy Zertuche 71, Daniel Barlow 91, Curtis Patton 108 and Kirk Dalhiem did not finish.
"We has a gap between our runners today but if we can work on that I think we can do well moving forward," said Flanagan "If we are able to get healthy we should be able to get rolling at the conference meet coming up.
Both teams are off until Oct. 31 when Texas A&M-Corpus Christi hosts the 2009 Southland Conference Championship at West Guth Park.
For complete results click the PDF at the top of the page.
Women's Results-
15. Anne Ronoh 21:34.28
63. BreAnna Briggs 22:48.78
69. Sarah De Los Santos 22:56.34
75. Courtney Johnson 23:00.53
90. Sheila Salil 23:14.06
97. Caitlin Arambula 23:19.42
124. Kristine Torres 23:37.80
167. Daniela Prado 24:01.15
Faith Barlow DNF
Women Team Finishes-
1. Texas Tech
University, 35
2.
BYU, 77
3.
University of Arkansas, 87
4.
University of Missouri, 165
5.
SMU,179
6. Oklahoma State, 185
7.
Loyola Marymount University, 196
8.
Missouri State University, 286
9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 312
10. Baylor University, 361
11. University of Oklahoma, 384
12. TCU, 388
13. University of Utah, 390
14. McNeese State University, 417
15. Mississippi State University, 444
16. UT Arlington, 449
17. University of North Dakota, 522
18. University of South Dakota, 538
19. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 550
20. Tulane University, 554
21. Wyoming, 555
22. Rend Lake College, 565
23. Lipscomb University, 630
24. University of Arkansas Little Rock, 632
25. Arkansas State University, 641
26. Arkansas Tech University, 648
27. LSU, 665
28. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 803
29. Hendrix College, 810
30. Trinity, 816
31. University of Central Arkansas, 826
32. Southern Nazarene University, 876
33. Southwestern Oklahoma State, 891
34. Southwestern University, 984
Men's Results-
22. Patrick Kimeli 30:44.81
61. Ari Perez 31:53. 73
66. Scott Vance 32:01.26
71. Eloy Zertuche 32:08.61
91. Daniel Barlow 32:30.89
108. Curtis Patton 32.49.12
Kirk Dalhiem DNF
Men Team Finishes-
1. Oklahoma State, 21
2. University of Oklahoma, 52
3. University of Arkansas, 89
4. Virginia Tech, 98
5. Texas Tech University, 214
6. Loyola Marymount University, 222
7. University of Missouri, 223
8. McNeese State University, 232
9. University of Arkansas Little Rock, 278
10. UTSA, 292
11. Mississippi State University, 300
12. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 311
13. Baylor University, 371
14. University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, 423
15. Trinity, 465
16. Lipscomb University, 487
17. University of South Dakota, 503
18. UTPA, 542
19. Cameron University, 597
20. Wyoming, 598
21. Arkansas State University, 618
22. University of Louisiana Monroe, 646
23. UT Arlington, 647
24. Southwestern University, 670
25. LSU, 700
26. TCU, 709
27. University of Central Arkansas, 771
28. University of North Dakota, 784
29. Southern Nazarene University, 787
