ONU CROSS COUNTRY IMPROVES TIMES AT GREATER LOUISVILLE CLASSIC
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eight time improvements for the women's team and improvements from top to bottom on the men's side highlighted the weekend for the ONU cross country program at the Louisville Cross Country Classic Saturday morning.
The Tigers competed in the fully-loaded Blue Division this year against some of the top teams in the NAIA, with the women running a 5k and the men taking on an 8k.
Women's Results
Catherine White brought home a top-50 finish as ONU's top runner, knocking nearly 30 seconds from her time at the Midwest Classic to place 50th in the women's Blue Division. Jacey Schickel missed out on her season-best by a half-second at 19:29.0, with Elise Champlin crossing the finish line at 20:04.4. Lauren Smith and Heidi Heldt both set new season-bests to wrap up the scoring for ONU.
The Tigers tallied 791 points to place 33rd out of 47. Taylor took the team crown with 67 points.
Catherine White - 18:43.1 - 50th
Jacey Schickel - 19:29.5 - 138th
Lauren Smith - 19:50.3 - 184th
Elise Champlin - 20:04.4 - 212th
Heidi Heldt - 20:18.9 - 244th
Lindsey DiazDeleon - 20:31.3 - 273rd
Kathryn Swanson - 20:46.7 - 304th
Eleanor Fournier - 20:50.3 - 311th
Thaliya Martinez - 20:51.1 - 314th
Molly Raymond - 21:40.3 - 374th
Men's Results
Running without the former CCAC Runner of the Week Taylor Vallangeon, the men's team saw Enrique Romo rise to the occasion as ONU's top runner in the Blue Division. Romo improved on his season-best time by over 24 seconds to place 95th. Austin Rush and Peyton Hobson both knocked a minute off of their times from two weeks ago to finish 150th and 197th, respectively. Flynn Prather pulled out a 26:32.2 in his 2022 debut while Connor Price knocked a whole two minutes off of his season best to round out the scoring for the Tigers.
As a team, ONU finished 35th of 45 overall with a total of 852 points. Grand Valley State, the host team, took first overall with 190 points.
Enrique Romo - 25:40.2 - 95th
Austin Rush - 26:03.1 - 150th
Peyton Hobson - 26:22.7 - 197th
Flynn Prather - 26:32.2 - 221st
Connor Price - 26:41.8 - 235th
Drew Gonzalez - 26:48.8 - 247th
Jordan VanBarriger - 27:06.8 - 275th
Joey Puccillo - 27:15.1 - 290th
Erik Richter - 27:37.5 - 318th
Brett Hulliberger - 27:42.4 - 327th
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Tigers will head over to Indiana to compete in the Bethel Pilot Invitational at St. Patrick's Park on Friday, Oct. 7.
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu
