LOUISVILLE, KY – University of Evansville senior Anna Lowry (Taylorville, IL/Taylorville) and sophomore Peter Ekayi Epur (Eldoret, Kenya) paced the Purple Aces' cross country teams respectively at one of the nation's largest cross country meets Saturday – the Live In Lou Cross Country Classic at E.P. "Tom Sawyer" State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Lowry placed fifth out of 490 female competitors in the women's 5K Blue Race, while Epur placed 66^th out of 532 runners in a personal-best time of 25:57.6 in the men's 8K Blue Race.  Overall, four UE men and four UE women set personal-best times on the cross country course on Saturday.

"Overall, I am pleased with how we did today," said UE cross country coach Don Walters.  "They have changed around the course since we were last here, and it made it tougher, but that was for the better, and I thought both teams really stepped up today.  To see all of the PRs set across the board on both teams is good, and it gives us confidence going into a very important month in our season."

On the women's side, Lowry posted her best 5K time of the season at 18:24.7 to place fifth overall.  Senior Sam Weldon cut over 30 seconds off of her previous-best 5K time with a mark of 20:05.7 to place 131^st overall, while sophomore Tess Crosley also cut nearly 30 seconds off her best 5K time with a mark of 20:55.8.

Freshman Kaitlyn Sansone recorded her best collegiate 5K with a time of 20:57.9 to come in right behind Crosley.  Senior Emma Boebinger rounded out UE's scoring pack with a time of 21:06.4.  Freshman Ellie Stewart (21:13.4) and sophomore Emma Denbo (23:14.3) finished just seconds off of their season-best 5K times, while freshman Hannah Bryan posted a time of 23:24.1 in her first collegiate 5K.  Freshman Kylee Peck rounded out UE's contingent on the course with a time of 26:24.7.

On the men's side, Epur cut over a minute off of his previous-best 8K time at UE, by crossing the finish line at 25:57.6 to place 66^th overall.  Freshman Adam Oulgout continued his strong rookie campaign with a season-best time of 27:18.7, while graduate student J.J. Pedersen clocked in at 28:16.5 in the 8K to run third for UE.

Freshman Justin Nichols (29:35.1) and senior Carson Kline (29:44.0) rounded out UE's scoring pack on the men's side, with Kline's time being a season-best mark.  Sophomores Jacob Moffat (30:03.6) and Luke Watts (32:57.0) also checked in with personal-best 8K marks for the Purple Aces.

Marshall sophomore Abby Herring took home individual honors in the women's 5K with a time of 17:45.7, while Lincoln Memorial freshman Gidion Sigel won the men's 8K with a mark of 24:03.2

Evansville will take the next week off, before returning to the Angel Mounds Cross Country course on Saturday, October 16 to host the University of Evansville Invitational.