The Chile Pepper Competition is among the largest cross-country occasions within the nation. In some ways, this was the opening salvo from the College of Arkansas within the 2024 cross-country season.
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File efficiency earns Kirami Yego one other Chile Pepper Competition title
FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback Kirami Yego defended his Chile Pepper Competition title within the McDonnell Memorial 8k and set a meet and Agri Park course file with a profitable time of twenty-two minutes, 57.0 seconds to guide No. 3 Arkansas to a workforce victory.
5 Razorbacks positioned among the many prime 10 on Saturday’s race as Arkansas totaled 29 factors from a 1-3-6-9-10 end. Western Colorado positioned second in workforce scoring with 127 factors, adopted by East Central (159), CSU Pueblo (178), and Alabama – Huntsville (188).
The following 5 groups included SFA (192), Butler CC (207), Hutchinson CC (259), LSU (264), and Tarleton State (271). A complete of 25 groups scored within the McDonnell Memorial.
Yego bettered the sector by 22 seconds with Elkana Kipruto of SFA runner-up in 23:19.2 and Razorback teammate Timothy Chesondin putting third in 23:23.6.
After profitable the 2023 Chile Pepper Competition race in 23:14.1, Yego grew to become the primary to provide a time underneath 23 minutes over 8,000m at Agri Park. The earlier finest time of 23:03.6 was set by Vincent Kiprop of Missouri Southern in 2016.
The earlier quickest time by a Razorback on the course belonged to Josphat Boit, who clocked 23:09.9 on a distinct course structure throughout the 2004 SEC Championships.
Yego lined the primary mile of the race in 4:31.6 with teammate Brian Masai second in 4:32.1. On the 2 mile cut up, Yego led the sector in 9:16.8 with Chesondin second at that stage in 9:17.1.
Yego elevated his result in 9 seconds on the 5.5k cut up with a 15:24.4 whereas Chesondin crossed that mark in 15:33.2. A 7k, Yego was 20 seconds forward of Chesondin (20:29.6) with Kipruto in third (20:30.1).
Masai completed sixth within the race with a time of 23:59.4. Then Elias Schreml and Reuben Reina competed the Arkansas workforce rating as they positioned ninth and tenth with occasions of 24:05.4 and 24:05.8.
Tommy Romanow led the remainder of the Razorback crew in putting thirteenth with a time of 24:18.7. Davis Helmerich completed twenty eighth in 24:46.1 with Donovan Bitticks putting forty eighth in 25:02.4.
Arkansas entries within the race included Eli Seavey (62nd | 25:16.6), Leo Spitzer (66th | 25:20.1), and Dawson Welch (91st | 25:42.9). A complete of 273 runners completed the race.
Full outcomes right here: CPF24 Males outcomes