LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Competing in one of the strongest fields in the nation, freshman Dawson Hood and junior Sienna Crews led the University of Evansviville's men's and women's cross country teams at the Greater Louisville Classic at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Both men's and women's teams competed in the blue race at the classic with the men running an 8k and the women running a 5k.

Coming off a week in which she was named Missouri Valley Conference Female Cross Country Athlete of the Week, Crews captured a 28th-place finish in the 58 NCAA Division One runner field in a time of 19:23.93.
 
Following Crews was freshman Anna Lowry who finished in 34th with a time of 19:33.38. Junior Ashton Bosler (20:03.02) and freshman Izzy Dawson (20:34.61) followed Crews and Landry in 47th and 53rd, respectively.

Also for the Aces, freshman Alexis Sutherland finished in a time of 21:50.3 and junior Hayley Elliot crossed the finish line in 22.57.5 as the Aces' women finished ninth in the nine-team NCAA Division One field.

Freshman Dawson Hood led the way for the Aces men's team for the first time in his collegiate career with a 48th-place finish in a PR time of 27:21.16. Hood's time bested his previous 8k PR by 48 seconds.

Fellow freshman Ethan Price finished just five spots behind Hood in 53rd in 27:30.77, also a 48 second improvement on his previous PR. Sophomore Stanley Chepchieng crossed the finish line in 56th in a time of 27:39.48, just five seconds off his PR. Freshman Tyler Frields-Reifsteck finished seven seconds behind Chepchieng in 60th place in a time of 27:46.34, a PR for the Evansville native.

Rounding out the Aces' runners were sophomore Ricky Hendrix (28:01.76) in 65th, freshman Kalen Ochs  with a PR of 28:28.52 in 70th, sophomore Tucker Dawson finished in 74th, besting his PR by nearly a minute with a time of 29:40.79, and freshman Timmy Miller with a PR of 30:48.51 in 78th.

In all, seven Aces men set PRs in the classic. Evansville's men finished 11th among the 11-team NCAA Division One field.

A week hiatus awaits the Aces as Evansville hosts the UE Invitational at Angel Mounds on Saturday, October 14.
 

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