ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Many Tigers and Lady Tigers broke lifetime personal records today at the St. Louis Fall Classic. Brett Pierce led the way breaking the men's 8K record and helping the Tigers to a first place finish. In addition to Pierce, four others finished in the top 25. The Lady Tigers finished in fifth place with two placing in the top 25. 

"We raced really well today as a team and individually on both the guys and girls side," said coach Hilary Lakes. "I'm very proud of how we performed and it was a great fast race before conference. About 80 percent of the team had either a lifetime or season record. We were really aggressive and went out and raced, which is what we needed to do today. It was a great day for the cross country Tigers."

The Tigers placed first out of 12 teams for 48 total team points. Campbellsville had five men finish in the top 20, three of those in the top 10.

In 2001, Mark Rowe recorded the all-time men's 8K running record at 25:43, today Pierce beat that by 19 seconds crossing the finish line at 25:24 in fourth place. Before today, Pierce's fasted race came in 2015 at 25:47, which was good for second on the Top Ten list. He now hold two of the top three times in history at CU.

In addition to Pierce, Adam Sandidge placed sixth, crossing the finish line at 25:46. Bret Crawford broke his lifetime best by 14 seconds finishing in 26:12 for ninth place. His new time will be good for fourth in the Top Ten outpacing Sandidage's 26:13 time by one second.

In his first race after a scary fall a few weeks ago, Joey Hartlage finished fourth for the Tigers, placing 15^th, running a time of 26:54. Dylan Ford placed 19th, finishing with a time of 27:06.

Rounding out the team score was Zach Napier and Corbin Harris. Napier finished with a time of 27:52, placing 35th shaving 30 seconds off his lifetime personal record at 28:22. Harris recorded a lifetime best knocking off 52 seconds finishing in 27:54, placing 36th.

Other individual runners: Ross Allen (49^th, 28:36) and Wade Harris (59^th, 29:07), Brandon Wiseheart (68^th, 29:34), Luke Camp (84^th,30:51) and Will Ballard (87^th, 31:02).  

Geoffrey Kipchumba from William Carey University took first place for the individual St. Louis Fall Classic title finishing in 23:55, a 4:49 mile pace.

The Lady Tigers finished fifth out of 13 school with a team score of 137. Campbellsville recorded two women finishing in the top 25.

Maggie Calvert lead the Lady Tigers to a fifth place finish, finishing in 19:57 for 13^th place. Julianna Bradley broke her lifetime best by 30 seconds recording a time of 20:53, finishing in 25^th.

Mallory Vest and Brandi Thomas finished in the 21^st minute placing in 26th and 42nd respectively. Vest crossed the finish line at 21:01 and Thomas at 21:42. Elise Shainfeld finished in 22 minutes and five seconds, placing 51st. Three seconds later Abby Wicke crossed the finish line at 22:08,  placing 52nd.

Two other Lady Tigers ran their best times, Jessica Cook shaved off more than a minute from her pervious 24:19 time and recorded 22:56 today, for 64th place. Bailey Foxworth shaved 83 seconds off her lifetime personal record, running a time of 23 minutes, placing 66th.

Nikki Coffey, a freshman from Lindsey Wilson College took the Fall Classic title recording a time of 18:29, which is 5:57 mile. Coffey led the Blue Raiders to a first place finish in the Classic.

Women's Individual | Women's Team Results

Men's Individual | Men's Team Results 

The Tigers and Lady Tigers will race again on Saturday, Nov. 7 in the Mid-South Conference Championship in Bowling Green, Ky. at Phil Moore Park.