Praucher places third with PR for UE Cross Country at Live in Lou Classic

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The Purple Aces ran their final away meet of the season on Saturday afternoon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Evansville cross country teams finished eighth and 13th at the second-largest college cross country meet in the United States on Saturday.

Competing with over 100 teams among three different race categories at the Live in Lou Classic, the Purple Aces saw top 20 finishes for multiple athletes. Freshman runner Nicole Prauchner (Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria) led all UE runners in her first collegiate meet with a time of 18:41.6 for third place in the women’s silver 5K. Evansville also had two other Top 20 finishes with Samuel Lea (Wooster, England) placing 18th in the men’s silver 8K race with a time of 26:22.6 and Nayla Martin (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada) placing 20th in the women’s 5K with a time of 19:28.9.

The men’s team ran the first race of the afternoon for the Silver 8K at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park on Saturday. The Aces finished the race in 13th as a team with Top 50 finishes from Lea and Rafael Rodriguez (Segovia, Spain), finishing at 48th with a time of 26:57.5. Rounding out the men’s results for UE was Woody Burrell at 115th with a time of 27:49.0, Alvaro Monfort (Castile Y Leon, Spain) at 145th with a time of 28:11.5, and Owen Culpin (Hampshire, Ill.) at 154th with a time of 28:21.7.

Evansville’s women’s team had the best results of the afternoon with a team finish of eighth. Running with 400 total runners, all Ace runners were in the top 40% of finishers including the Top 20 finishes for Prauchner and Martin. UE had six runners on Saturday afternoon in the women’s 5K, with three finishing in the top 100 as Kyndall Anthis (Patkoa, Ind.) finished 98th with a time of 20:55.2. Shelby Bastin (Versailles, Ind.) finished 104th with a time of 20:58.8, Avery Stephens (Newburgh, Ind.) placed 130th with a time of 21:19.3, and Sarah Vanderhoof-Dossett (Franklin, Tenn.) placed 147th with a time of 21:34.1.

The Aces return home to Angel Mounds for their next meet in two weeks. Evansville will host the Angel Mounds Invitational on Friday, Oct. 13 for the final regular season meet of the season before MVC Championships in Nashville.

MEN: 13th of 48 teams  (18, 48, 115, 145, 154) – 480 points
18 Samuel Lea – 26:22.6
48 Rafael Rodriguez – 26:57.5
115 Woody Burrell – 27:49.0
145 Alvaro Monfort – 28:11.5
154 Owen Culpin - 28:21.7

WOMEN: 8th of 50 teams (3, 20, 98, 104, 130, 147) – 355 points
3 Nicole Prauchner – 18:41.6
20 Nayla Martin – 19:28.9
98 Kyndall Anthis - 20:55.2
104 Shelby Bastin – 20:58.8
130 Avery Stephens – 21:19.3
147 Sarah Vanderhoof-Dossett – 21:34.1

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