File photo \/ General Mason Starks <\/a><\/p>\nUTA cross-country won the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races individually and the men\u2019s race as a team in the Gerald Richey UTA Invitational on Friday in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s team kicked off the morning with a winning time of 16:21.0 from sophomore Dorcas Jepkosgei, followed by sophomore Connie Ndiema in second with a time of 17:17.3 and senior Lauren Baur in eighth with a time of 18:06.9. <\/p>\n
The women\u2019s result was rounded out by junior Abigail Perez in 10th, freshman Sophia Hamdani in 16th, and junior Justina Lusby in 17th with times of 18:11.2, 18:28.9 and 18:30.0, respectively. <\/p>\n
The women took second place as a team, five points behind Dallas Baptist University, which had four runners in the top 10. <\/p>\n
The men\u2019s team followed the women\u2019s performance with sophomores Mateo Doherty and Angel Sanchez taking first and second respectively with the same time of 14:37.9. <\/p>\n
The pair was immediately followed by junior Toby Eaton in third with a time of 14:40.7.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s performance was finished out by sophomore Kebede Kerlin in 11th, sophomore Jameson Stewart in 14th and freshman Lucas Whitt in 15th with times of 15:15.1, 15:23.1 and 15:29.3, respectively. <\/p>\n
The men took first place as a team, with almost half the score of second-place team and conference rival Abilene Christian University. <\/p>\n
The team will take a couple of weeks to prepare for the 38th Annual Chile Pepper Festival at 10:25 a.m. Oct. 3 at Agri Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. <\/p>\n
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