Cross Country - Arkansas Razorbacks

Nick Busienei collects another SEC Freshman of the Week honor Nick Busienei collects another SEC Freshman of the Week honor

Nick Busienei collects another SEC Freshman of the Week honor

For the second time this season Razorback Nick Busienei has earned a SEC Freshman of the Week accolade after placing 16th amid a very talented field at the Nuttycombe Invitational.

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A total of 21 nationally ranked top 30 schools are among a field of 35 teams entered in the men’s 8,000m race at the Nuttycombe Invitational hosted by Wisconsin on the Thomas Zimmer Championship course this Friday, October 9.

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Arkansas only had a pair of runners competing in the 39th Chile Pepper Festival as Eli Seavey led the duo in placing 20th over the 8,000m course at Agri Park.

Men's results

A pair of men’s SEC weekly honors were awarded to Razorbacks as Ernest Cheruiyot received Runner of the Week while Nick Busienei earned Freshman of Week.

No. 16 Arkansas claimed both individual and team titles at the eighth annual Gans Creek Classic hosted by Missouri on Friday.

Men's results

Arkansas opens the 2026 cross country season on Friday, September 25 at the eighth annual Gans Creek Classic hosted by Missouri.

Arkansas begins the 2026 cross country season with Razorback coach Cale Wallace ranked No. 15 in the USTFCCCA preseason national coaches' poll and ranked No. 1 in the South Central region.

The SEC cross country coaches’ preseason poll for 2026 has the Razorbacks ranked second with 35 points while receiving two first-place votes as Cale Wallace embarks on his first campaign as Arkansas’ cross country coach.

Former Arkansas men’s head coach Chris Bucknam will be inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026.