Saturday, October 4
Fayetteville, AR
10:25 AM CT
University of Texas Arlington
at
Chile Pepper Festival
Jepkosgei Sets New Program Record, Mavs Conclude Chile Pepper Festival
10/4/2025 1:05:00 PM | Cross Country
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman Dorcas Jepkosgei collected her second top two finish of the season in record-breaking fashion at Arkansas' highly touted Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday.
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Following Saturday's performance, Jepkosgei set a new 5k all-time best of 16:09.5 in UTA program history. The newcomer has racked up two second place finishes and one first place finish so far this season which came from the Texas A&M Invitational nearly three weeks ago.
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"Dorcas continues to run with elite athletes," shared head coach John Sauerhage. "She has run against 509 runners so far and has only been beaten by two athletes this season."
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As a team, the women's squad placed sixth with 229 points as junior Matro Jepkemboi followed Jepkosgei with an eighth-place finish, capturing a time of 16:47.2. The veteran shaved off 16 seconds, setting a new personal record. Contributing to the Mavericks' outing were Emilia Mandl (18:09.3), Lauren Baur (18:17.8) and Linn Adolfsson (18:24.5).
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On the men's side, sophomore transfer Toby Eaton paced the Mavs once again with an 24th place finish after posting a time of 24:41.4 in the men's 8k.
Rounding out the men's top five finishers were Alex Kalmar (24:55.8), Kebede Kerlin (25:06.3), Mateo Doherty (25:28.3), Angel Sanchez (25:33.8), leading to a 9th place finish.
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NEXT UP
The Mavs return to action with the final meet of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 17 with Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station.
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Following Saturday's performance, Jepkosgei set a new 5k all-time best of 16:09.5 in UTA program history. The newcomer has racked up two second place finishes and one first place finish so far this season which came from the Texas A&M Invitational nearly three weeks ago.
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"Dorcas continues to run with elite athletes," shared head coach John Sauerhage. "She has run against 509 runners so far and has only been beaten by two athletes this season."
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As a team, the women's squad placed sixth with 229 points as junior Matro Jepkemboi followed Jepkosgei with an eighth-place finish, capturing a time of 16:47.2. The veteran shaved off 16 seconds, setting a new personal record. Contributing to the Mavericks' outing were Emilia Mandl (18:09.3), Lauren Baur (18:17.8) and Linn Adolfsson (18:24.5).
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On the men's side, sophomore transfer Toby Eaton paced the Mavs once again with an 24th place finish after posting a time of 24:41.4 in the men's 8k.
Rounding out the men's top five finishers were Alex Kalmar (24:55.8), Kebede Kerlin (25:06.3), Mateo Doherty (25:28.3), Angel Sanchez (25:33.8), leading to a 9th place finish.
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NEXT UP
The Mavs return to action with the final meet of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 17 with Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station.
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