FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Texas State men's and women's cross country teams had a pair of top 10 finishes at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival Friday afternoon at the Arkansas Cross Country Course.
Kwanele Mthembu finished in fifth place with a time of 23:52.1 to lead the men's team to a 10th place finish in the John McConnell Memorial men's eight-kilometer race.
Jessica Meyers placed seventh with a time of 19:02.2 to lead the women's cross country team to a sixth-place finish in the Women's Prairie Fire Pepper Five-Kilometer race.
Top-ranked NCAA Division II, Colorado School of Mines, totaled 39 points (3-4-7-12-13) to win the men's race ahead of Division II No.