(September 1, 2022) Little Rock, AR – After racing at home last weekend and finish 2^nd in the season opener, the Bucks stepped up in competition this week by travelling to the capital city for the Little Rock Invitational, hosted by UA Little Rock. Instead of the traditional 8K race, the men would just be running a 5K race, but it would be against three in-state NCAA DI programs: UA Little Rock, Central Arkansas, Arkansas State, and UA Pine Bluff.

Leading the way for the Bucks was Connor Hayes (Versailles, KY) with a time of 18:05.4 and finished 30^th.

The remaining competitors for the Bucks finished as follows:

34^th - Tyreek Gilkey (Fort Smith, AR) – 18:44.2

37^th - Juan Balderas (De Queen, AR) – 19:12.0

39^th - Emmanuel Cartagena (Sherman, TX) – 19:20.1

40^th - Christian Hernandez (Bryant, AR) – 19:49.1

41^st - Pablo Hernandez (Springdale, AR) – 19:57.2

Complete race results can be found at http://www.macdonaldtiming.com/ualr.

The men will be back in action next weekend in Conway at Central Arkansas on September 10^th.

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