Cloud County Men's Cross Country Finishes Eighth at Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival

The Cloud County Community College men's cross country team placed eighth in the Prairie Fire Pepper 8K at the 37th annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday, October 4.

Sophomore Gelasa Degefa Abdisa led the way once again for the T-Birds, placing 19th out of 256 competitors with a time of 26:26.5. Sophomore Abdelaziz Benbrahim was next to cross, finishing in 28th place with a time of 26:47.2. Freshman Davis Miltner closely followed in 35th place at 26:58.8.

Freshman Jesus Baltazar's time of 29:14.5 was good for 114th. He was followed by sophomore Cody Sharp, who finished in 150th with a time of 29:57.2. Freshman Zeb Schultze was 159th with a time of 30:18.4, while freshmen Korbin Dykes and Nicholas Johnson rounded out the scoring with times of 31:01.0 and 31:28.4, respectively.

The T-Birds continue their season when they travel to Hays, Kansas, for the Fort Hays State University Tiger Open on Saturday, October 11.