The men's and women's cross country teams will head east this weekend as they travel to Terre Haute, Ind., for Pre Nationals.

For the third consecutive week, Anthony Rotich was named the C-USA Athlete of the Week. The junior received the accolades due to his performance at the Chile Pepper Festival.

The men's and women's cross country team competed in the Chile Pepper Festival Saturday morning. The men's team finished fourth overall, and the women's team finished 29th.

UTEP will travel east to Arkansas this weekend to compete in the Chile Pepper Festival. The event will feature a more challenging field for the Miners compared to the prior races run this season.

For the second week in a row, the UTEP cross country team had two athletes selected as the Conference USA Athlete of the Week.

UTEP performed at a very high level Friday evening at the Chamizal National Park. For the second consecutive week, junior Anthony Rotich and freshman Joan Jepkirui took home first-place finishes for their respective meets.

The men's and women's cross-country team will host its first and only home meet of the 2014 campaign Friday afternoon at the Chamizal National Park.

Anthony Rotich and Joan Jepkirui earned recognition from Conference USA for their performance last week at the Kachina Classic.

The UTEP men's team was led once again by Anthony Rotich and Joan Jepkirui paced the women's team.

The UTEP men's and women's cross-country team will make the short trip up Interstate 10 to compete in the Kachina Classic held in Las Cruces, N.M., Saturday morning.