The LSU cross country teams finished in the middle of the pack Saturday in their largest meet of the season thus far.
The Tigers placed 17th and the Lady Tigers placed 20th at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.
Oklahoma State, the defending national champions, won the meet on the men’s side, placing all five scorers in the top 10 and beat runner-up Arkansas by 53 points.
Texas won on the women’s side, followed by Arkansas.
Senior Cullen Doody beat his personal best time by more than a minute, finishing in 50th place with a time of 30:59.50 in the 10,000- meters.
“It’s a really competitive meet with some of the top teams and top individuals there,” Doody said. “The guy that won has the fastest time in the country so meet.”
Junior Roger Cooke finished 107th overall in 32:02. Redshirt freshmen Phillip Primeaux and William Wiesler finished 152nd and 224th, running 32:47.2 and 34:50.2, respectively.
“I think I ran OK. I didn’t really know what to expect,” Primeaux said. “The team could have run better, but the top guys did well, especially