FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – The East Central University men's cross country team finished seventh, of 45 NCAA Division II teams, at the 2016 Chile Pepper Festival.

2016 Chile Pepper Festival Results

The Tigers finished with 221 points and were the top team from the Great American Conference in the field.  Harding came in 10^th, Southern Arkansas 14^th, Southern Nazarene 23^rd, and Northwestern 43^rd.

ECU was paced by senior Richard Mora, who finished 24^th individually in 24:59.06, in his first race of the season for the Tigers.  Redshirt junior Kevin Matthews was close behind in 27^th (25:07.34).

Sophomore Cole Montgomery was 44^th (25:26.97), sophomore Larry Filer 55^th (25:43.74), senior Bruce Bragg 71^st (26:01.23), freshman Tommy Grebe 137^th (26:59.31) and senior Noel Figueroa 138^th (27:00.2) to round out those that scored points for ECU.

The Tigers were also represented by freshman Cameron Corbin (27:08.72), junior Caleb Biles (27:55.46) and junior Conrad Carbaugh (28:49.12).

ECU will now prepare for the Oklahoma Baptist Invite, Saturday, Oct. 8 in Shawnee, Okla.