Saturday, October 3
Fayetteville, Ark.
11 a.m.
Mississippi State
at
Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival
Photo by: Reily Rogers
Jelpleting Breaks Program Record At Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival
October 03, 2026 | Cross Country
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. โ Mississippi Stateย finished second at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival led by a school-record performance from Naomi Jepleting.
Jepleting, who crossed the line in 16:17.2 to finish sixth, clocked the fastest 5K time in MSU women's cross country history. Her time broke Nelly Jemeli's previous school record by 19 seconds. Milicent Kemboi also turned in a record-book run, placing ninth with a time of 16:37.9, 10 seconds faster than her previous season-best and the third-fastest 5K in program history.
Berit Janowitz finished third among the Bulldogs, placing 13th overall with a time of 16:49.8. Freshman Larkin Johnson followed in 19th with a time of 16:59.1, while Brooklyn Quanz rounded out State's scoring five in 37th at 17:31.6.
Gabrielle Boulay, Lillian Overby and Mallory Streetman also competed for the Bulldogs, while Morgan Grace Sheffield and Sophie Santucci rounded out Mississippi State's finishers.
Mississippi State runs next on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at 9:20 a.m. CT. A smaller squad will also travel toย the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, that day and race at 10 a.m. CT.
For more information on the Bulldog track and field program, follow onย X,ย Facebookย andย Instagramย byย searching "HailStateTF."
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Jepleting, who crossed the line in 16:17.2 to finish sixth, clocked the fastest 5K time in MSU women's cross country history. Her time broke Nelly Jemeli's previous school record by 19 seconds. Milicent Kemboi also turned in a record-book run, placing ninth with a time of 16:37.9, 10 seconds faster than her previous season-best and the third-fastest 5K in program history.
Berit Janowitz finished third among the Bulldogs, placing 13th overall with a time of 16:49.8. Freshman Larkin Johnson followed in 19th with a time of 16:59.1, while Brooklyn Quanz rounded out State's scoring five in 37th at 17:31.6.
Gabrielle Boulay, Lillian Overby and Mallory Streetman also competed for the Bulldogs, while Morgan Grace Sheffield and Sophie Santucci rounded out Mississippi State's finishers.
Mississippi State runs next on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at 9:20 a.m. CT. A smaller squad will also travel toย the Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, that day and race at 10 a.m. CT.
For more information on the Bulldog track and field program, follow onย X,ย Facebookย andย Instagramย byย searching "HailStateTF."
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