COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Lydia Peters crossed the line in seventh place during the women's 6K as the Eagle women finished in second place in the team standings to lead all Chadron State performers at the Ted Castenada Classic in Colorado Springs hosted by Colorado College.

The women placed second out of four competing teams, trailing hosts Colorado College but topping Trinidad State and Northwestern CC. The men's team placed third among five teams, finishing behind Division I Air Force and Colorado College and finishing ahead of the same two institutions as the women. 

True freshman Kaden Boltz was the top finisher on the men's side for CSC in 15^th place, while Samantha Rodewald (12^th) also secured a top-15 finish for the CSC women. There were 27 total runners in the women's race and 52 in the men's race. 

Behind Peters, who ran the 6K course in 23:20.20, and Rodewald, who crossed in 23:59.04, the Eagles had four women's placers within the top 20 – Katelyn Beshara (16^th, 24:24.97), Paige Kehmeier (17^th, 24:36.21), Kyndall Carnahan (19^th, 25:00.76) and Izabella Miller (20^th, 25:06.17). 

Zelma Rudd and Ivy Hise also competed for the Eagles, crossing in 24^th and 25^th place. 

On the men's side, Boltz was the team's top finisher for the first time in his young career, running 8K in 26:35.94. Boltz was followed closely by veteran Nate Mann, who finished in 26:37.68 one spot behind in 16^th. The rest of CSC's scoring five consisted of Blaine Johnson (20^th, 26:42.39), Boady Hunter (32^nd, 28:03.10) and Adam Beard (35^th, 28:09.05).

Also competing for the Eagles on the men's side were Miles Mitchell (36^th), Mizaiha Babers Webb (42^nd), Andrew Walsh (45^th) and Carmelo Ayala (49^th). 

Cross country will take two weeks off before its next competition on Friday, October 10 when they participate in the Yellow Jackets/Battlin' Bears Open in Billings, Montana. That race will be CSC's final contest prior to the RMAC Championships on October 25.