Cross Country Concludes Chile Pepper Competition

Saturday, September 30

Fayetteveville, Arkansas

Texas Tech Athletics

Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival

Cross Country Concludes Chile Pepper Competition

September 30, 2017 | Cross Country

Meet Results

Texas Tech cross country takes two top-five finishes against Division-I competition.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Red Raiders competed at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this morning, taking away No. 3 and No. 5 Division-I team finishes overall at Agri Park.

The women had a total of 92 points overall led by junior transfer Nokuthula Dlamini, who took a No. 17 finish overall and No. 8 finish amongst Division I competition. This helped lead the women to a seventh-place finish overall. Dlamini led the women for her fourth-consecutive race, pacing the 5,000m run in 17:35.5.

Leading the charge on the men's side was Joacim Zuniga, who completed the men's 10K race in an impressive 30:42.9, over a two-minute improvement from his last 10k race in 2015. This run from Zuniga aided the men in their No. 8 overall and No. 5 Division-I team finishes with 118 points.

"This was a solid race for both the men and the women," Head Cross Country Coach Jon Murray said. "I was especially proud of those who had big personal-bests today. Joacim was a great leader for the men's team and Nokuthula worked hard and put out a great effort. This was a nice performance for both teams and a step in the right direction."

Behind Dlamini and Zuniga on both sides were:

Men

Ebenether Wondaferew- 30:59.6

Todd Mickey- 31:36.6

Clark Blunt- 32:05.0

Stephen Alvarez- 32:12.1

Nathan Gift- 32:14.6

Michael Benoit- 32:23.8

Shea Whatley- 32:51.6

Riley Gonzales- 32:54.6

Grant LaSelle- 33:04.5

Matthew Munoz- 33:17.8