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Cross Country performs well at Early Bird Invite

9/5/2015 12:57:00 PM

Men's Team Results  -  Men's Individual Results  -  Women's Team Results  -  Women's Individual Results

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – On a morning where the heat index was over 100 degrees, the University of Evansville cross country teams ran extremely well in the Early Bird Invite marking the first of three meets this fall at the Angel Mounds Cross Country Course.
 
"I am so proud of our teams.  To run the way that they did in these conditions with the amount of training we have had was a great accomplishment," head coach Don Walters said.  "The times and places may not show it, but both our men and women did a great job.  This was a good start for us.  I give all of the student-athletes who ran today a lot of credit for braving the hot conditions that we had."
 
Taking to the course was the men, who ran an 8K race at 10 a.m.  Louisville won the team championship while John Mascari of Indiana State paced the field with a time of 24:48.7.  He won by nine seconds.
 
Leading the way for the Purple Aces was a trio of junior with Ben Woolems pacing the squad.  He posted a time of 30:15.2 to finish in 21st place overall.  Woolems ran a smart race and paced himself to the finish.  Right behind him was fellow junior Ross Frondorf.  He took 22nd with a 30:44.2.
 
James Paul was the third to cross the line for UE.  He registered a time of 32:00.2 to finish ahead of Aces freshman Jordan Carpenter, who finished his first race in 32:42.8.  Senior Jon Ashby rounded out the top five for UE with his effort of 32:55.8.
 
The Cardinals edged Indiana State on the team leaderboard, recording 25 points while ISU had 30.  Marshall was third with 73 points with Evansville checking in with 115.
 
At 10:45, the women had their turn as they ran their 5K event.  Louisville swept the top three individual positions en route to the team victory.  The Cardinals totaled 17 points to get past the Sycamores, who finished with 48.  Marshall had 87 with the Aces finishing at 100.
 
Cardinals junior Claire Noser was the top finisher, running the 5K course in a time of 18:07.7.  She topped teammate Aurilla Wilson by ten seconds.  In her first race as a freshman, Siena Crews was the top finisher, male or female, for the Purple Aces on the day.  She finished with a strong time of 19:01.1 to come home in 10th place in an impressive debut.
 
Also running strong was senior Elizabeth Kingshott.  She checked in at 20:26.3 to take 19th place overall.  Ashton Bosler was the third UE runner to cross the stripe as freshmen took two of the top three spots for UE.  Bosler's first collegiate race finished in a time of 21:12.0.  She topped teammate Sophie Etienne by just 0.2 seconds as the duo was 22nd and 23rd, respectively. 
 
Sophomore Michelle Karp completed the Aces' top five, running a time of 21:40.7
 
The Purple Aces are right back in action on Friday, Sept. 11 as they travel to the Bradley Intercollegiate in Peoria, Ill.  The races will begin at 3 p.m.
 
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