FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The UT Arlington cross country team competed at the Chile Pepper Festival on Friday evening Agri Park near the campus of the University of Arkansas.

The men ran to a 19th place finish with 504 points, while the women placed 24th with 685 points.

Junior Patrick Estes led the way for the Maverick men with a time of 25:05.8 followed by sophomore Alfredo Reina Corona with a time of 25:13.6.

Freshman Rogelio Aguirre followed closed behind Corona with a time of 25:15.0 while junior Jacob Ye (25:34.6) and sophomore Jerel Algarin-Marquez (26:01.2) rounded out the scorers for the Mavs.

Josue Granados added a time of 26:04.5 to place sixth for the Mavs while Brian Guevara was seventh for UTA at 26:21.6.

Freshman Lauren Walls-Portillo led the women with a time of 18:04.8 followed by Claire Compher at 18:45.7.

A trio of freshmen rounded out the scorers for the Mavericks in Scarlett Johnson (19:10.3), Rachael Hartley (19:27.3), and Krianne McBride (19:40.1).

UTA will take the week off and return to action on Saturday, October 15 as they head to Bryan-College Station to compete in the Arturo Barrios Invitational on the campus of Texas A&M.