EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The annual University of Evansville Invitational for the Purple Aces cross country teams is set for Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m. at Angel Mounds Cross Country Course.
 
Taking the course first will be the women, who will run a 5K race before the men will race their 8K event soon after the completion of the first race.  Joining the Purple Aces in the race will be IPFW, Fontbonne, Oakland City, Rose-Hulman, Spalding, Bethel, Vincennes and Webster.
 
Both squads last ran at the Louisville Classic on October 1.  Leading the men was Ricky Hendrix.  The freshman ran his fastest 8K time, checking in at 27:11.00, beating his previous PR by four seconds.  He placed 120th.
 
Ross Frondorf was second on the team.  The senior ran a time of 27:50.37 to finish in 178th.  The effort was his fastest 8K time since the 2014 MVC Championships.  Andrew Barrett was next up for UE, posting a time of 28:10.63.  It was a new PR for the sophomore, eclipsing his previous one by over a minute.
 
Stanley Chiepching also registered his best time in the 8K.  Chiepching came in 218th with a 28:16.63.  His previous best time of 28:35.05 came in September at EIU.  Two spots behind him was fellow freshman Tucker Dawson.  Dawson has been improving all season long and continued that today with a 28:18.56.  It was 1:07 faster than his old PR from EIU.
 
For the women, it was the duo of Sienna Crews and Hannah Welsh leading the way as the team took 17th place out of 48 squads.  Crews crossed the line in 18th place out of 406 runners.  She circled the 5K course in 18:39.33.  Welsh was just over a second behind Crews, taking 20th place.  Welsh finished in 18:40.53.
 
Ashton Bosler was the #3 runner once again for UE.  The sophomore, who set a PR last week at Austin Peay, was just five seconds off of that pace today, running a 19:50.53.  She came home in 110th place.  Next up was Kylie Hasenour, who ran her best 5K time at UE.  She finished the race in 20:05.89, eclipsing her previous PR by 22 seconds.
 
Michelle Karp posted her best 5K time of the season.  The junior registered a 20:19.38, finishing 167th.  Senior Anna Loef also recorded her fastest time of 2016.  A 21:08.04 for Loef marked her fastest time since the 2014 MVC Championships.  Fellow senior Katie Beaber had her best collegiate time as she finished the race with a time of 21:29.90.  It bested her old PR, set as a freshman at the Fleet Foot Invitational.  Her old top time was a 21:45.9.
 

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