FAYETTEVILLE -- After the University of Arkansas swept the women's NCAA championships in indoor and outdoor track and field last year, the Razorbacks are ranked No. 1 in cross country for the first time.
Arkansas moved from No. 2 to No. 1 in the U.S. coaches' poll released Tuesday after a dominating performance at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville on Saturday. The Razorbacks won the team title and took the top four individual places, led by senior Taylor Werner running the 5,000-meter race in a course-record 15 minutes, 45.4 seconds at the UA Agri Park.
Werner, who was the coaches' association national runner of the week, was followed by Arkansas senior Katie Izzo in second, senior Devin Clark in third and senior Carina Viljoen in fourth.