--Men's 10-K Results
--Women's 6-K Results

VERONA, Wis. - University of Evansville junior cross country runner Kelby Jenkins (Frankfort, Ind./Frankfort) shattered the school-record time in the women’s 6,000-meter event on Friday, as she posted a time of 21:11 to place a school-best 33rd out of 218 runners at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships at Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course in Verona, Wisconsin.

“Kelby ran an outstanding race today,” said UE head coach Don Walters.  “It was a little scary at first, but I don’t think that going out a little slower than usual hurt Kelby that much.  She just kept on getting stronger and stronger as the race progressed, and was passing people left and right down the stretch.  Anytime you can go out and beat all of the Purdue runners, and all but two Indiana runners, you are having a pretty good race.”

Jenkins came across the first mile mark in 112th place overall in a time of 5:48, but quickly kicked it into gear to post the highest individual finish in UE history at the NCAA Regional Championships, while bettering the school record in the 6-K event by over 51 seconds.  Senior Lauren Zeabart (Fort Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern) posted the 12th-fastest time in UE women’s history with a personal-best 6-K time of 23:05 to run third for the Purple Aces, while freshman Elizabeth Kingshott posted the 13th-fastest time on record at UE with a mark of 23:08.  In all, all seven UE women who competed posted personal-best 6-K times, as the Purple Aces posted a program-best 23rd-place team finish on the women’s side.

On the men’s side, sophomore Josh Genet (Celestine, Ind./Northeast Dubois) paced the UE men to its highest NCAA Regional team-finish (21st) in program history, by placing 65th out of 204 runners with a 10-K time of 32:33.  Genet’s time ranks fourth-fastest on record at UE for the 10-K.  Senior Cody Stein (Evanston, Ind./Heritage Hills) also cracked the top 100 with a 10-K time of 33:12 to place 94th overall, while junior Andrew Barrett (Des Moines, Iowa/Theodore Roosevelt) ran third for UE with a 10-K time of 33:39.

“The men’s course especially was tough, and the times definitely showed it,” said Walters.  “Both Josh and Cody finished 20 places higher this year as compared to last year, but their times were slower this year.  But, like I always tell the runners, you run for place, not time.  If you do your job right and run for place, the times will take care of themselves.  And, I thought that both teams did a good job of doing that today.

“This was a great way to finish our season.  A lot of our runners posted personal-best times today, and there were a lot of great efforts all the way around.  This should give us a good starting point now as we begin off-season workouts and get prepared for next season.”

On the men’s side, sixth-ranked Wisconsin took home overall team honors on their home course, led by individual champion Mohammed Ahmed’s time of 30:37 in the 10-K event.  On the women’s side, sixth-ranked Michigan took home team honors, while Ohio University’s Julie Accurso took home the individual title in a 6-K time of 20:07.

Overall, UE will return four of the seven men and six of the seven women who competed for the Purple Aces at Friday’s NCAA Regional Championship meet.