FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (10/15/2011) — The Arkansas State women's cross country team finished 19^th and the men placed 23^rd Saturday at the 23^rd Annual Chile Pepper Festival Saturday in Fayetteville.

Running first on the 6,000-meter course for the women was senior Chelsea Weaver, who finished 55^th out of 296 competitors with a time of 21:58.4. Freshman Rexi Parcells finished 100^th with a time of 23:34.2 and junior Sam Salinas finished 102^nd with a time of 22:37.5.

Running first for the men on the 10,000-meter course was junior David Mills, who finished 120^th out of 288 competitors, with a time of 32:09.6. Also running well for the men was freshman Luke Lindsley, who placed 175^th with a time of 33:34.0.

The ASU men and women will return to action Oct. 29 at Bowling Green, Ken. where they will compete at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.