Lowry Continues Win Streak at UE Invitational

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The University of Evansville men’s and women’s cross country team hosted the UE Invitational Saturday morning at Angle Mounds Historical Site.

As a team the women finished in third place with three top-20 finishes, while the men took fifth with also three top-20 finishes.

Winning her fourth consecutive individual title, Anna Lowry took the even by blazing an 18:17.4 time of a tough course. Lowry finished 21 seconds ahead of the next fastest runner giving her a sizable victory.

Bones Parker finished in 16th place with a 19:40.0 pace, followed by Jenna Fehrenbacher at 19:53.0 19th place finish.

Sarah Poltrack (20:15.8) and Izzy Dawson (20:24.4) finished in 21st and 22nd place respectively, rounding out the Aces scoring five.

Dawson Hood marked a new personal best 8K time with a 26:07.3 10th place finish. Ricky Hendrix came up next with a 26:25.0 15th place finish.

Stanley Chepchieng, also finishing in the top-20, ran a 26:39.4 8K, while Kalen Ochs (26:39.4) and Phil Dzienciol (27:45.3) wrapped up the top-five finishers for the Aces.

Evansville has finished out the regular season and will next be in action at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship on November 2, hosted by Valparaiso.