Despite muddy conditions, cross country teams finish in top 20

Chadron State’s men and women cross country team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday to compete in the 2013 Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival.

The women, with a time of 1:39:58.90 and 296 points, snatched the 11 spot. The men took 15 with a time of 2:18:37.70 and 426 points.

Head Coach Ryan Baily talked about the course.

“Conditions were epic,” he said.

There were 4-8 inch wide puddles of mud, along with 1-1 ½ foot wide puddles of standing water. He said the runners did well considering the conditions. If the course was dry, the times would have been better by about 45 seconds to a whole minute, Baily said.

Assistant Track and Field Coach Brian Medigovich could attest to this.

“The day before, when it was dry,” he said, “would have been better.”

He said the conditions affected some runners more than others. Medigovich stated the mud started the runners slowly and it is hard to come back from a slow start, although some of the runners were on target.

Results provided by chilepepperfestival.org

Women’s Results: 67 Ashley Riesen, SR, Chadron State, 19:04.7; 94 Jayme Nunes, SO, Chadron State, 19:29.0; 118 Rebecca Volf, SO, Chadron State, 19:47.8; 196 Ashley Appelt, SO, Chadron State, 20:46.7; 200 Nicky Applegarth, FR, Chadron State 20:50.7; 243 Sara Townsend, SO, Chadron State, 21:27.5; 249 Callie Johnson, FR, Chadron State, 21:32.1; 279 Teren Hanson, SO, Chadron State, 22:21.2

Men’s Results: 137 Evans Koech, SO, Chadron State, 27:00.3; 163 Dylan Stansbury, FR, Chadron State, 27:21.4; 187 Robert Ricks, FR, Chadron State, 27:41.9; 224 Cody Franklin, FR, Chadron State, 28:11.2; 236 Simon Gudeta, SO, Chadron State, 28:22.9; 240 Josef Gertner, FR, Chadron State, 28:29.5; 276 Nathan Faulkner, SR, Chadron State, 29:18.0; 282 Doug Harris, SO, Chadron State, 29:34.1; 292 Zach Doffin, FR, Chadron State, 29:47.1; 293 Hank Jackson, FR, Chadron State, 29:49.0