FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The LeTourneau men's cross country team earned a sixth-place finish in a loaded field at the annual Chile Pepper Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas on Saturday morning.

LeTourneau placed sixth out of 22 scoring teams in the "Prairie Fire Pepper" portion of the meet. The YellowJackets finished ahead of NAIA member College of the Ozarks and Division II member Southern Nazarene.

Grayson Gaddis led the way for LeTourneau with his 8k time of 27:17.8 to place 27th out of 179 runners. It is the third straight meet that Gaddis has paced the YellowJackets.

Mikey McCart put together his best race of the season as he came in with a season-best time of 27:24.9 to finish 31st overall. Ryan Tally was 34th at 27:32.3 and Alexander Hoksbergen was 42nd with his time of 27:47.8 

As a team, LeTourneau pulled together its best average time of the season at 27:38.

Ethan Hoglund was the fifth YellowJacket to finish as he came in with a season-best time of 28:08.8 to finish 56th. Sam Trosen set a personal season best (59th, 28:13.8) and Gavin Smith (80th, 28:57.0) were the sixth and seventh finishers, respectively.

Missouri Baptist was the team champion with 87 points. LeTourneau finished with 177 points. 

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LeTourneau returns to action on Oct. 17 at the Old Glory Gallup, hosted by Dallas Baptist.

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