FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- For a second straight meet all runners for the LeTourneau women's cross country team set personal records as the YellowJackets placed 16th at the Chile Pepper Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas on Saturday morning.

All seven YellowJackets set personal records, marking the second straight meet LeTourneau has accomplished that feat. LeTourneau finished 16th out of 22 scoring teams, including ahead of Division II member Southern Nazarene and former conference foe Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Sophie Pyle led the way for LeTourneau again as she placed 58th with her new best 5k time of 20:01.5 -- nearly 56 seconds faster than her previous best. Peyton Chaney was the next to cross at 20:48.3 as she was 94th overall in a field of 222 runners.

Rivkah Schmickle came in 144th with her personal record time of 22:06.8, while Tatum Kratky was not far behind at 22:08.7 for her new best time. Breeanna Hoffman finished in 22:21.8 to complete the top five YellowJacket finishers.

Klaire Belzung (24:37.5) and Corrina Mendoza (27:27.0) also set personal records. 

LeTourneau easily achieved its best average time of the season at 21:29.

Arkansas Tech took the team title with 38 points, while Iowa Central CC runner Zosia Zdobylak was the individual winner at 17:31.5.

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

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