Men's Results  -  Women's Results

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Familiar faces were up front for the University of Evansville as the Purple Aces cross country teams raced at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on Saturday morning in Carbondale, Ill.
 
Evansville's women took ninth in the event with 288 points.  Pacing the Purple Aces was junior Laurel Wolfe.  She ran an 18:44.09, which was just nine seconds off of her PR.  Her time put her in 50^th place out of 79 runners.
 
Next across the stripe was senior Kirsten Perrey.  Her effort of 19:02.03 was the second-best time of her career.  That followed her top time, which came at the UE Invitational (18:36.5) where she took third.  Elizabeth Kingshott continued to improve in her junior campaign.  She has improved every race and this one was no different as she posted her best time of the season – a 19:03.06.
 
Fourth for the women was Alyssa Moran with a 19:34.76.  It was her second-best time of 2014.  Rounding out the top five for UE was Loren Oboikovitz.  She set another PR with a 19:34.89.  Five of the top 5K times in her career have come this season.  Sophie Etienne was another runner who posted her top career time.  She finished the race with a 20:12.30, eclipsing her previous best of 20:27.97, which came earlier this season at Louisville.
 
Anna Loef and Michelle Karp completed the UE contingent.  Loef finished just three ticks off of her top time with a 20:27.38 while Karp was almost 30 seconds better than her previous best with a 20:28.26.
 
Picked to win in the poll, Bradley did just that, posting 39 points to defeat Illinois State by 32 tallies.  Caitlin Busch of the Braves won the race, finishing in a time of 17:04.43.
 
UE's men were led by senior Josh Genet.  He finished in 56^th out of 69 participants, running a 26:29.25.  It was his third-best 8K run of the year.  Sophomore Ross Frondorf was close behind, tecording a 27:23.08.  It was by far his fastest time of 2014.  His previous best in 2014 was a 28:03.18 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
 
Third for the men was Matt Hamilton.  His 27:42.55 was his no. 2 time of the year.  Roudning out the top five for the Aces were Jon Ashby and Ben Woolems.  Ashby finished the 8K race in 29:20.48 while Woolems checked in at 28:47.73.  Ben Johnson ran a 30:51.49 and Isaiah Frey came in at 30:59.46 for his top collegiate time.
 
John Mascari of Indiana State was the winner of the 8K race.  He finished in a time of 23:48.21, coming in 48 seconds ahead of his nearest competition.