USI Men’s XC finishes 26th at Live in Lou Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country finished 26th out of 39 teams at the Live in Lou Classic Saturday morning at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park.
 
Senior Mitchell Hopf (Santa Claus, Indiana) finished 36th in the 378-competitor field to lead the Screaming Eagles. Hopf clocked an eight-kilometer time of 24 minutes, 23.0 seconds.
 
Red-shirt freshman Alex Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) was 106th with a time of 25:03.2, while junior Dylan Bland (Holland, Indiana) was 196th with a time of 25:40.8. Junior Brady Terry (Philpot, Kentucky) and freshman Jackson Collman (Bethalto, Illinois) were 202nd and 219th to round out the Eagles top-five finishers, while freshmen Cole Hess (Cannelton, Indiana) and Landon Swiney (Du Quoin, Illinois) rounded out the Eagles’ top seven with placements of 240th and 267th.
 
Junior Joseph Russler (Evansville, Indiana) finished 137th out of 426 competitors to lead the Eagles to a 45th-place finish in the blue race.
 
USI returns to action October 13 when it co-hosts the Angel Mounds Invitational with the University of Evansville and the Evansville Sports Commission. The men’s 8k is schedule for a 10 a.m. start time, while the women’s 6k is slated to begin at 9 a.m.