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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville cross country teams will take part in one of the nation's largest cross country meets on Saturday morning, as the Purple Aces will take part in the 2022 Live In Lou Classic at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Over 130 schools from across the NCAA, NAIA and junior college ranks will compete in three different races on Saturday morning.  The men will compete in the standard 8-K race, while the women will compete in the 5-K event. 

For Evansville, it will mark the Purple Aces' second meet of the year, and first since the season-opening John McNichols Invitational on September 17.  Sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn./Central) paced the UE men's team, while sophomore Ellie Stewart (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard South) led UE's women's team.  Overall, five of the seven returning team members who competed in the McNichols Invite both in 2021 and 2022 improved their times on September 17 from the year prior.

"What I am looking for on Saturday is to see that continued improvement that I saw in our first race, and I have seen since in practice," said first-year Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Brooks LeCompte.  "The course in Louisville on Saturday is a very fast one, and I think that we could see some of our runners go faster than they ever have before this weekend."

The men's Gold race will kick off the Live In Lou Classic at 8:30 central time on Saturday morning.  Evansville will compete in the Silver races, which are set for 11 a.m. central (men) and 11:45 (women) central respectively.  Saturday's Live In Lou Classic can be seen live on Flo Sports.