Murray State
Evansville
Racers Head to Evansville for UE Invitational
10/12/2018 8:56:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
The Murray State men's and women's cross country teams return to action, Saturday, running at the UE Invitational in Evansville, Indiana.
The meet will serve as a final tune-up before the OVC Championships, October 27. It is the 17th annual UE Invitational, but will be the first one for the Racers since 2011.
The women will begin the day with a 5K at 10 a.m. MSU is coming off a seventh place finish out of 31 teams at the Greater Louisville Classic, September 29. Senior Rebekah Priddy finished 26th overall (18:49.6), improving her place in from this race in 2017 by over 160 spots. Freshman Emma Creviston (19:07.7) and senior Ida Mutai were 37th and 38th overall, each running season-best times. Freshmen Morgan Vosler and Dani Wright finished in the fourth and fifth scoring positions for the Racers with career-best times of 19:31.2 and 19:50.3, respectively.
After the women's race, the men will run an 8K at the Angel Mounds State Historic Site. At the Greater Louisville Classic, senior Vince Turner finished 30th overall with a personal-best time of 25:37.1 to lead the Racers to a 29th place finish overall, beating out in-state rivals, Morehead State and Western Kentucky. Junior Zach Balleau also ran a personal-best (25:53.2) to finished 46th overall while sophomores Caleb Kawasaki and Meyer Makemson finished third and fourth for the Racers. Freshman Christian Slone was the team's fifth finisher with a personal-best time of 28:23.5.
Trophies will be presented to the first place teams. There will be individual awards for the Top 20 individual finishers in each race.
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