EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville cross country program will host the 20th-annual UE Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning at the Angel Mounds Cross Country Course on Evansville's eastside.  The men's 8-K race will kick off the meet at 10 a.m., with the women's 5-K race set to follow at 10:45.  Admission is $5.

Saturday's race will feature 135 runners from eight different schools.  The men's race will feature runners from UE, Austin Peay, Bethel (Ind.), Central State, Lane, Oakland City, Trinity Christian and crosstown foe USI.  The women's race will feature runners from each of those schools, except for Lane College.

For Evansville, it will be their first race since competing at the Live In Lou Classic in Louisville, Kentucky on October 1.  On that day, seven of the 10 Purple Aces who competed turned in collegiate-best times, with nine of the runners posting their fastest collegiate time of the season.  Graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) led the women's team by placing second overall with a 5-K time of 18:14.0.  Meanwhile, on the men's side, sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn./Central) cut over 40 seconds off of his best collegiate 8-K time with a mark of 26:30.9.

Saturday's race will be the final home race for fifth-year runner Carson Kline (Terre Haute, Ind./South) and senior Claire Griffy (Salem, Ill./Salem Community).  It will also be UE's final race before the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on October 28.

There will not be live results available for Saturday's race, but race results will be posted on GoPurpleAces.com at the conclusion of the meet.