ST LOUIS – First-year Tigers Brent Pierce and Dylan Ford both posted their best collegiate time Saturday to finish in the Top 15 and lead Campbellsville University to a third-place finish in the St. Louis Fall Cross Country Classic 8K at Forrest Park. The Lady Tigers finished sixth of nine.
Pierce shaved 43 seconds off his time from last week at the Fast Cats Classic in Owensboro, Ky., to place fifth in 26:31, while Ford dropped 36 seconds and finished 12th in a time of 27:12.
"I'm very happy with how we performed today. It was great weather, and a great racing day," said Hilary Cebulko, CU cross country coach. "This will set us up well for two weeks of training before the conference meet. We raced great today!"
For the men, Pierce and Ford were joined in the race's Top 25 by Andrew Simmons (17th, 27:25.4), Bradley Harris (21st, 27:52.8) and Kyle Howdyshell (24th, 28:07.4). Michael Dowell (28th, 28:15) and Joey Hartlage (31st, 28:28.7) were the other two racing in the Tigers' Top 7. Harris and Dowell also ran a season-best time.
Tiger runners not listed in CU's seven that posted season-best times were Wade Harris (28:49), William Pearson (30:17) and Luke Camp (30:55).
For the women, the Lady Tigers were led by season-best times from Sarah Johnson and Rebekah Southwood, who both finished in the Top 25. Johnson finished 22nd in a time of 20:33.7, while Southwood was one spot behind her in 20:39.0. The other season-best marks for CU were from senior Natasha Janes (35th, 21:40.5) and freshman Mallory Vest (38th, 22:11.1).
Freshman Shelby Courtney finished with the third-best time for CU at 21:06.7. She was followed by Summer Rines at 21:22.2. The other Lady Tiger runner was Maggie Calvert, who ran the 5K race in 22:43.1.
Washington University, an NCAA Division III school in St. Louis, won the women's race and finished runner-up in the men's race to Columbia College (Mo.)
CU will return to action Nov. 3 at the Mid-South Conference Championships in Rio Grande, Ohio.
MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS
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