FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- The Northwestern men's cross country team made a trip over to Northwest Arkansas to compete in the prestigious Chili Pepper XC Festival. The team faced strong D1 competition as the season reaches its halfway point. 

Senior Riley Herndon paced the team with a time of 25:51.4. This earned Herndon a 68th place finish. Behind Herndon was Junior Andrew Scott. Scott's time of 26:23.2 placed him 107th in the overall field. The third Ranger to cross the finish line was Senior Coy Bullard with a time of 26:41.2. A pair of freshmen rounded out the top 5 with Matthew Manning running a time of 27:56.2 and Brayden Cowan crossing the line in 28:11.0. Junior Tristan Meeker and Senior Donald Kosgei occupied the 6th and 7th slots on the squad posting times of 28:38.1 and 28:55.9 respectively. The team finished in 24th place overall. 

The Rangers will take an off week before traveling to Dallas Baptist's Old Glory Gallop in Fort Worth on October 17th. 

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