5 Blazers Set Private Bests at Chile Pepper Festival

FAYETTEVILLE, AR – Two Blazers positioned within the prime 50 to gas the Green and Gold to a prime 10 crew end out of 29 groups on the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday. Sangie Lincoln-Velez positioned twentieth with a time of 17:22 and Lidia Longo positioned forty third coming in at 17:42. 

Lincoln-Velez’s time on Saturday marks the Sixth-fastest 5k time in class historical past.

Lia Castillo broke the 18-minute mark along with her 52nd place end coming in at 17:56. Kaitlyn Wende (76th) and Kenlie Nelson (79th) rounded out the highest 5 finishers for UAB.

Lincoln-Velez (91 seconds), Wende (41 seconds), Nelson (28 seconds), Castillo (26 seconds), and Longo (18 seconds) all set their private greatest 5k occasions on Saturday.

The Blazers return to the state of Alabama for his or her ultimate meet of the season earlier than the American Conference Championships. UAB is again in motion on Friday, October 17 in Tuscaloosa to compete within the Crimson Classic hosted by the University of Alabama. The girls’s 6000m race will start at 9:20 a.m.

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