Aces Cross Country Heads To Wisconsin
The University of Evansville cross country team will wrap up its 2016 season on Friday with a trip to the 2016 NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
Evansville will make the trip to the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisc. for Friday’s races. Taking to the course first will be the women, who will run a 6-kilometer race at noon. The men will complete the event with a 10K run at 1 p.m.
A total of 34 women’s teams will be running in the regional while 31 men’s squads will be in attendance.
Two weeks ago, the Purple Aces ran at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Hannah Welsh ran one of her best races of the year for the women. The freshman ran the 5K in 18:35.2. She took 26th place out of the 80 runners. Welsh’s finish was the best for a UE female since Kelby Jenkins finished 8th as a senior in 2013. Welsh finished ahead of Sienna Crews, who took 35th. Crews finished the race in a time of 18:54.6.
Michelle Karp was UE’s #3 runner. The junior completed the race in 20:03.1. For Karp, it was her second-fastest time of the season. Ashton Bosler was next up. She checked in with a 20:17.4. Kylie Hasenour was fifth for UE, running her first MVC Championship in 21:21.9.
Ricky Hendrix was the top runner for the men, running the 8K in 27:45.5.  He came home in 56th out of the 69 runners. Senior Ben Woolems was second on the squad. He ran what was by far his best time of the season, circling the course in 28:48.0. It was nearly three minutes faster than any other 8K race of the year.
Taking third on the team was Andrew Barrett. A 28:56.5 was his third-best 8K race of the season. Next was senior Ross Frondorf, who finished the race in 29:01.7. Rounding out the Aces’ top five was Tucker Dawson. The freshm
