FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Colorado State University Pueblo Cross Country squads both had fantastic days at the Chili Pepper Cross Country Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas.

The No. 14 ranked men's team finished in fourth place with 178 points, trailing only East Central, Western Colorado, and Arkansas.

The host Razorbacks won the event with 29 total points.

Leading the way for the Pack was 2023 All-American Reece Sharman-Newell (Hampshire, England) led the way for the Pack with a 20th place finish, and a time of 24:30.3.

Matisse Virey (Lyon, France) finished right behind Sharman-Newell with a 22nd place finish, and a time of 24:35.3.

Kaleb Beloy (Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage) had a fine performance, as the senior finished 
32nd, and a time of 24:54.4

Rounding out the scoring for the ThunderWolves was Matthew Roberds (Colorado Springs, Colo./Mesa Ridge), and Kameron Eustace (Zuni, N.M./Zuni), as the two finished 52nd, and 56th respectively. 

The No. 5 women's team also had a strong performance, finishing in fourth place, only finishing behind Arkansas, LSU, and Texas.

The Longhorns won the event with 42 points.

Leading the way for the Pack with a top-10 finish was 2023 All-American Helen Braybrook (Frieston, United Kingdom/Oakham School), as the senior had an outstanding meet, finishing 10th and a time of 16:44.7.

Leah Keisler (Biggar, United Kingdom/Biggar) had a solid outing, finishing 18th, with a time of 17:04.8.

Righ behind Keisler was 2023 Track All-American Margot Thomas-Gatel (Chapet, Ile-de-France), as the Frenchie finished 24th, running a time of 17:10.1.

Jadyn Herron (Queen Creek, Ariz./Casteel), and Camille Renou (Chalonnes, France) rounded out the scoring for the Pack, finishing in 34th and 36th. 

WORDS FROM HEAD COACH MATT MORRIS

"We know that we are going to be competitive, we had a good first meet, we are putting together good practices, everything is falling into place. I think we did what we expected to do this weekend in Arkansas." Morris also said, "we are pretty deep on the women's side. We have Leah who has only ran about five cross country races in her career, and look at how solid she has been so far. The good thing for us this weekend is we beat up on some good teams. Both teams are really special. We have got some work to do, but wer are sitting in a good place."