Lea’s time of 24:14.49 is the fastest in program history
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Evansville’s Samuel Lea (Worcester, United Kingdom/Worcester Sixth Form College) and James Cruse (Melbourne, Australia) put together a banner day for Aces cross country on Friday morning, breaking a 43-year old program record in the 8K. Lea’s time of 24.14.4 is the fastest in program history, while Cruse’s mark of 24:22.4 is good for second place on UE’s all-time 8K list.
Lea finished 32nd overall and Cruse finished 42nd overall in the 253-runner field. In addition to Lea and Cruse, Rafael Rodriguez (Segovia/Spain Colegio Claret) placed inside UE’s Top 15 8K times, slotting in at 14th with a time of 24:55.9. As a team, the men finished 19th out of 26 teams.
On the women’s side, Chase Hayes (Noblesville, Ind. Western) posted the seventh-best 6K in program history at 22:10.80, finishing 90th in the 236-runner field. UE finished 22nd out of 26 teams in the Women’s Black Invitational race.
The Aces cross country teams return to the course on October 17 to host the Angel Mounds Invitational at Angels Mounds Cross Country Course.
| Gans Creek Classic (September 26) | |||||||
| Women’s 6K Black | Men’s 8K Black | Men’s 8K Open | |||||
| 90 | Chase Hayes | 22:10.8 | 32 | Samuel Lea | 24:14.4 | Oliver Wilgocki | 28.01.1 |
| 160 | Avery Stephens | 23:10.8 | 42 | James Cruse | 24:22.4 | ||
| 175 | Kyleigh Wolf | 23:29.4 | 117 | Rafael Rodriguez | 24:55.9 | ||
| 193 | Josie Lynch | 23.55.9 | 227 | Cedrik Flipo | 26:20.3 | ||
| 215 | Lauren Bradley | 24:31.3 | 229 | Tanner Spence | 26:22.5 | ||
| 219 | Kyndall Anthis | 24:53.7 | 240 | Woody Burrell | 26:46.8 | ||
| 230 | Veronica Wilgocki | 26:16.9 | 249 | Owen Cuplin | 27:34.4 | ||
