EVANSVILLE, Ind. – One of the biggest events of the season for the University of Evansville cross country teams is set for Saturday as the Purple Aces travel over to Louisville for the Greater Louisville Classic.
 
E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park will be the host to the event, which begins with the first of several races at 8 a.m.  The park played host to the 2012 NCAA Division I National Championship and will host the Division II Championship this year.
 
Two weeks, ago, Evansville ran at the Indiana Intercollegiates in West Lafayette, Ind.  Josh Genet led the men once again, coming home in a time of 26:54.7.  He came in 33rd in the Big State race while his time ranked him 51st out of 195 runners in the 8K race.  Matt Hamilton finished in 37th with his final of 28:03.5.  It marked his best 8K time of the season, topping his run at Eastern Illinois by 18 seconds.
 
Third across the stripe for the guys was sophomore Ben Woolems.  He ran a 28:40.4, which was 48 seconds better than his top 8K time this season.  Next up Ross Frondorf, who posted a 30:01.8, a 28-second improvement from EIU.  Jon Ashby was the fifth finisher for the Aces.  He ran the event in a time of 30:40.4.
 
Leading the women was Laurel Wolfe, who came in 26th out of 50 in the Big State contingent.  She ran an 18:42.9 in the 3-mile event.  This is the first three mile run for the Aces women and all times will officially count as PR's.  Most events for the ladies are 5K, which equals out to 3.10686 miles.
 
Next up was Alyssa Moran.  After leading the women at EIU, Moran came in 28th (D1) on Friday with an 18:42.2 and 40th overall
 
Loren Oboikovitz was third for the ladies, continuing her strong start to the season with a 19:35.9.  She was 37th on the D1 list and 80th overall.  Kirsten Perrey was just behind.  She came in 1.2 seconds behind Oboikovitz.