SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith cross country teams each posted a third-place finish Saturday at the Golden Eagle Invitational.
The men totaled 110 points in their 8k race while the women totaled 65 points in a 6k event.
Evan Smith paced the Lion men with a second-place finish in 25:05.2, besting his personal best by tenths of a second. Angel Cordero was the second Lion to cross the line in 26:21.7 while Trenton Smith rounded out the top three in 26:25.3.
Samuel Bulmer and Troy Ferguson completed the top five for the Lions in 27:17.2 and 27:36.6, respectively. Completing the scoring for the Lions were Gannon Reins in 27:39.7 and Adan Castillo in 28:11.7.
Bulmer, Cordero, Reins and Sawyer Beller all had personal bests as well on the day, with Beller running a 28:18.4.
Three Lions earned top-10 finishes in the women's race led by Michaela Kaelin in seventh in 23:18.9. Nevaeh Kangas was just seconds behind in eighth in 23:20.6 while Angelina Hernandez took 10th in 23:38.3.
Olivia Prothro and Cindy Soto rounded out the top five for the Lions in 24:16.7 and 24:22.4, respectively. Molly Gream and Cypress Erickson completed the scoring for the Lions in 24:37.7 and 24:46.8.
Erickson, Gream, Hernandez, Kaelin, Kangas, Prothro, Soto and Karley Sharp all had personal bests on the day, with Sharp running a 26:13.6.
The Lions are back in action October 17 at the Old Glory Gallop in Dallas, Texas.
