FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The East Texas A&M University cross country teams got a preview of the site of this year's NCAA Regionals on Saturday morning as they competed in the Chile Pepper Festival at Agri Park.
 
The Lion men finished 20^th as a team in the eight-kilometer race, totaling 549 points, while the Lion women did not register a team score. Arkansas won the men's race on its home course, while the women's race of five kilometers was won by Texas.
 
Jeremiah Garcia (Northwest Eaton) was the top finisher on the men's side with a time of 25:16.0, followed by Josh Shanahan (Noosaville, Australia) in 79^th with a time of 25:25.7, Naataanii Collins (Edcouch-Elsa) timed 26:07.5 for 131^st, and Yosef Abdulrazeq (Mansfield Legacy) had a time of 26:23.0 for 148^th.
 
To round out the Lion men, Andrew Crosby (McKinney – Boyd) clocked in at 27:44.8 for 225^th, Taylor Warrick (Stockdale) finished 228^th with a time of 27:52.2, and Christian James (Rosharon – Manvel) timed 28:32.1 for 247^th.
 
On the women's side, the Lions had just four runners compete. Edith Martinez (Sulphur Springs) was the fastest Lion runner with a time of 19:00.9 for 135^th, Mareva Heck (Marseille, France) timed 19:23.6 for 179^th, Aamarie Ebarb (Weslaco) clocked in at 20:36.9 for 233^rd, and Haleigh Risner (Winnsboro) had a time of 21:21.9 for 251^st.
 
Full results of the men's race can be found HERE, while the results for the women can be found HERE.
 
UP NEXT
The Lions are next in action on. October 17 at the Watson Classic in Clinton, Mississippi, a race that the Lion men women a year ago.