A month after the University of Arkansas men s and women s cross country teams opened the season by sweeping titles at the Cowboy Preview, the Razorbacks will get back to competition and host races today at the 35th Chile Pepper Festival.
No. 22 Arkansas races among a field of 32 teams on its home course at Agri Park this Friday afternoon with a start time of 5 p.m. in the McDonnell Memorial 8,000m race.
Kenyan Kirami Yego has signed to transfer to Arkansas from South Alabama and will join the Razorbacks for the 2023-24 season. Yego earned a cross country All-America honor in 2022 and collected 11 Sun Belt titles during his time with the Jaguars.