SHAWNEE – After a month of rest, Oklahoma Baptist women's cross country returns to action when it competes in the Harter's Habenero 5K at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3 in Fayetteville, AR. Fans can
watch live or follow along with
live results.
The Bison will run at 11 a.m. and are coming off a third-place finish in their season-opening meet at the Rogers State Distance After Dark on Sept. 3.
Adelaide Murphy paced OBU in that meet with an eighth-place showing thanks to a personal-best 18:08.90.
Trista Murphy (14th),
Yadira Barbosa (29th), and
Shayna Hendrix (30th) also finished in the top 30 of the event, which featured more than 160 competitors.
As for Saturday's meet in Arkansas, the Bison last ran in the event during the 2024 season and finished 15th in a 27-team field. Hendrix,
Kieran Paxton,
Kiara Flame Smith, and
Zoe Strange are the current Bison who competed in the 2024 event.
Following Saturday's action, OBU will be off for two weeks before closing out its regular-season schedule at the Dallas Baptist Old Glory Gallop on Oct. 17. The Bison will host the Great American Conference Championships on Nov. 7 in Shawnee.
