Des Moines, IA – Evansville Cross Country made their mark on the Evansville record books at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship earlier today.


The event, hosted by Drake University, began at 10:30 AM with the Women's 6K and followed by the Men's 8K at 11:30 AM.

The women's team started the day spectacular by setting two 6K times inside the top 10 in program history. Senior Avery Stephens finished with a 21:19.9 6K time which ranks 2nd in program history. In her last meet she also earned a top 10 time in program history and now holds both the second and tenth best 6K time in UE women's cross-country history. Sophomore Kyleigh Wolf joined by adding a 22:08.9 6K time which ranks 9th all time in program history. The record breaking continued throughout the women's race in which each contestant earned a new personal best.


Women's 6K: (All are Personal Bests)
Avery Stephens: 21:19.9, 28th (2nd best all time at UE)
Kyleigh Wolf: 22:08.9, 52nd (9th best all time at UE)
Amick McClelland: 22:49.7, 76th
Kyndall Anthis: 23:19.3, 85th
Josie Lynch: 23:36.8, 87th
Lauren Bradley: 23:43.3, 88th
Elaina Massey: 23:58.9 91st
Veronica Wilgocki: 24:12.5, 92nd

The men finished 10th out of 11 teams and were led by Nathan Campbell with a 25:09.6 which earned him 47th place. Senior Tanner Spence earned a personal best 25:41.1 in the 8K beating his previous best by 41.4 seconds. Fellow Senior Woody Burrell earned a season best 25:49.5. Below are the full times.


Men's 8K:
Nathan Campbell: 25:09.6, 47th place
Tanner Spence: 25:41.1, 61st place PB
Andrew Potter: 25:46.9, 64th place
Woody Burrell: 25:49.5, 66th place SB
Nathan Whitehead: 25:53.4, 68th place
Nicholas Hirsch: 25:56.9, 69th place
Oliver Wilgocki: 26:29.6, 79th place
Jack Minor: 27:08.4, 84th place
Micah Jablonski: 29:09.6, 90th place

Cross Country returns on November 13th for the Great Lakes Regional East.