Bulldog Women Finish 14th At Texas A&M, Men Finish 17th

Saturday, October 13

College Station, Texas

All Day

Mississippi State

Arturo Barrios Invitational

Stephanie Peterson led the Bulldogs on Saturday at Texas A&M, finishing 25th in the women's 6K.

Photo by: Caleb Garner

Bulldog Women Finish 14th At Texas A&M, Men Finish 17th

October 13, 2018 | Cross Country

Women's 6K Results (PDF)Men's 8K Results (PDF)

by Caleb Garner, Graduate Assistant/Communications

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Mississippi State cross country team completed its final meet before the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships on Saturday, earning 14^th (women's 6K) and 17^th-place (men's 8K) finishes at Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational.

Florida took the team title for the women's 6K, boasting three of the top-10 finishers. Guelph, the top cross country team in Canada, finished first in the men's 8K with five top-20 finishers.

Junior Stephanie Peterson paced the Bulldogs in the women's 6K, finishing 25^th with a time of 21:33.7. Charlotte Cayton-Smith notched a personal best on Saturday, finishing the race in 23:31.5.

After Peterson's finish, Mia Meydrich (39^th), Sydney Steely (95^th), Katherine Badham (112^th) and Alex Wallace (127^th) rounded out the top five for MSU.

In the men's 8K race, Stephen Jones led the Bulldogs with a 27^th-place finish. The junior finished his first race of the season in 25:06.6—the second-best 8K time of his cross country career. Lake Spradling, JT Mackay, Chandler Underwood and Zach Weaver rounded out the top five for the Bulldogs.

Next Up For MSU …

Next, the Bulldogs will prepare for the 2018 SEC Cross Country Championships, held Oct. 26 in Auburn, Alabama. MSU was projected to finish fourth in the league in the preseason coaches' poll.

Men's 8K Team Results

Guelph, 56
No. 24 Oklahoma State, 93
Texas, 98
Tennessee, 113
UT-Rio Grande Valley, 231
Texas A&M, 235
UT-Arlington, 273
North Texas, 283
Oklahoma, 287
Florida, 305

     ---
    13. Vanderbilt, 382
    14. LSU, 387
    17. Mississippi State, 404
    21. No. 28 Middle Tennessee State, 517

MSU Results
27. Stephen Jones, 25:06.6; 73. Lake Spradling, 25:53.6; 85. JT Mackay, 26:05.3; 118. Chandler Underwood, 26:34.1; 122. Zach Weaver, 26:35.6; 166. Luke Zacharias, 27:31.1; 171. Eryk Yunk, 27:36.5; 178. Ben Craw, 27:48.1; 214. Caden Foos, 29:18.5

Women's 6K Results

Florida, 46
No. 28 Oklahoma State, 85
Vanderbilt, 138
Texas, 156
Cal Baptist, 186
Guelph, 238
SMU, 249
LSU, 265
Middle Tennessee State, 271
UT-Rio Grande Valley, 277

        ---
     11. Texas A&M, 308
    T14. Mississippi State, 365

MSU Results
25. Stephanie Peterson, 21:33.7; 39. Mia Meydrich, 21:49.4; 95. Sydney Steely, 22:46.0; 112. Katherine Badham, 22:58.8; 127. Alex Wallace, 23:13.3; 131. Shannon Fair, 23:19.0; 138. Charlotte Cayton-Smith, 23:31.5

For more information on the Mississippi State cross country team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateTF" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.