Aces Take Men’s and Women’s Titles at Panther Prowl

 OWENSBORO, Ky. – The University of Evansville men’s and women’s cross country teams took dominant victories on Friday night, 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) finished second overall and was the Aces’ top finisher with a time of 18:48.3. 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.

The Aces cross country teams will be back in action on September 20 for the John McNichols Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., hosted by Indiana State.