FORT WORTH, Texas – Four Bulldogs recorded personal-best times and all six SWOSU runners improved from their previous race Saturday at the Old Glory Gallop.

SWOSU placed 30th among 43 scoring teams in a field featuring more than 400 runners. The Bulldogs' five scoring runners combined for a season-best time of 1:41:50 and averaged 20:22 across the 5K course. The team lowered its combined time by 2:25 from the Chile Pepper Festival two weeks earlier.

Brooke Carter led SWOSU for the third consecutive race, finishing 124th overall in a personal-best 19:14.7. Carter improved by nearly four seconds from her previous best at Chile Pepper and by more than 35 seconds from her collegiate debut in September.

Daisha Christian followed with the largest improvement from the Chile Pepper Festival among the Bulldogs. She crossed in a personal-best 20:13.2, cutting more than 38 seconds from her previous best and nearly 58 seconds from her time at Chile Pepper.

Canon Russell was third across for SWOSU in 20:33.3. The time marked a season best for Russell by more than 25 seconds and was nearly 42 seconds faster than her previous race. She finished less than eight seconds shy of her career best set last season.

Anna Holt finished in a personal-best 20:41.8, lowering her time from her SWOSU debut at Chile Pepper by more than 21 seconds. Emily Nelson completed the scoring lineup in 21:07.9, an improvement of more than 37 seconds from two weeks earlier.

Harper Evans rounded out the Bulldog contingent with a personal-best 21:21.5. Evans improved by seven seconds from Chile Pepper and has now lowered her time by more than 1:20 since the season opener.

SWOSU finished with 869 points. West Texas A&M won the team title with 80 points, followed by East Central with 91 and Dallas Baptist with 106.

The Bulldogs will have three weeks to prepare for the Great American Conference Championships, scheduled for Saturday, November 7 in Shawnee.

SWOSU Results (5K)