EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men’s and women’s cross country teams make the trip to Terre Haute on Saturday, competing in the John McNichols Invtiational hosted by Indiana State. The men’s 8K race is scheduled for 8 AM CT, with the women’s 6K race to follow at 8:45 AM CT.
Evansville is coming off dominant victories in their last competition, sweeping the women’s 5K and men’s 6K events at the Panther Prowl.
Evansville’s women’s team took the title with the top four individual finishers and seven of the top 10. Chase Hayes (Noblesville, Ind./Western) cruised to the individual title, finishing at 18:03.9. Avery Stephens (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) finished second at 18:49.9, followed by freshmen Kyleigh Wolf (Columbus, Ind./Columbus North) with a time of 19:04.5 and Josie Lynch (Brazil, Ind./Northview) at 19.26.9. Kyndall Anthis (Patoka, Ind./Princeton Community), Lauren Bradley (Russiaville, Ind./Western) and Veronica Wilgocki (Chesteron, Ind./Chesterton) secured top ten finishes as well with times of 19:55.1, 20:05.6, and 20:25.7 respectively.
On the men’s side, freshman James Cruse (Melbourne, Australia) won the collegiate race and finished second overall as the Aces’ top finisher with a time of 18:48.3. Cruse was named MVC Men’s Runner of the Week for his performance. Nathan Whitehead (Vincennes, Ind./South Knox) also placed in the top five, finishing fourth at 19:14.7. Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill./Carmi) and Nathan Campbell (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North) also placed inside the top ten with times of 19:26.5 and 19:37.7, respectively. Evansville took the team title with a score of 26, a margin of victory of 47 ahead of the second place squad.
Saturday’s meet will be hosted at the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute (599 S. Tabortown St. Terre Haute, IN 47803). Live results can be found here.
