LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams competed in a packed field at Tom Sawyer State Park for the annual Live in Lou Cross Country Classic Saturday afternoon.
The VU men’s team competed in a field of 412 runners from 59 different schools and 45 teams.
The Trailblazers men’s team got the day started with their 8k race and were paced by sophomore Mathew Keitany (Kenya) who finished with a time of 26:15.2.
Freshman Isaac Stanford (Flora, Ill.) and sophomore Ernest Momodu (Indianapolis, Ind.) were the next VU runners across the line with Stanford finishing at 26:48.1 and Momodu crossing at 27:04.0.
Sophomores Reed Lawless (Kouts, Ind.) and Ian Boit (Kimilili, Kenya) finished at 27:39.9 for Lawless and 28:37.0 for Boit.
Sophomore Trenton Faulkner (Wheatland, Ind.) and freshman Sol O’Blenis (Amboy, Ind.) both crossed the line under the 30-minute mark with Faulkner ending at 28:50.9 and O’Blenis finishing at 29:25.5.
The VU men’s team was rounded out Saturday by freshmen Matthew Gray (Washington, Ind.) and Griffin Worzella (Martinsville, Ind.) with Gray finishing with a time of 30:01.6 and Worzella ending at 30:42.1.
Vincennes’ men’s team placed 20th out of a tough group of 45 qualifying teams, including placing ahead of NCAA Division I programs Evansville and Tennessee State University.
