JOPLIN, Mo. – The Arkansas Tech women's cross country team competed at the 2024 NCAA Central Region Championship in Joplin, Missouri on Saturday morning and finished 15^th out of 31 teams with a team score of 440.
 
Four of the seven runners for the Golden Suns (Audrey Hill, Peyton Carson, Avery Stanley and Mackenzie Epperson) notched collegiate personal bests in the 6K at the championship. Additionally, four of the scoring runners (Carson, Hill, Stanley and Libby Booth) placed within the top-100 of a field that featured 219 athletes.
 
Below are the results of the Golden Suns at the 6K race:
 

Place	Name	Time
52	Audrey Hill	22:21.09*
71	Libby Booth	22:40.37
91	Peyton Carson	23:00.09*
98	Avery Stanley	23:06.99*
134	Calli Beshore	23:46.74
148	Felicity West	24:10.71
151	Mackenzie Epperson	24:17.01*