ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Multiple season-best times lead Tiger and Lady Tiger cross country teams to first and eighth place finishes at the St. Louis Fall Classic.

The Tigers finished first of 13 teams with a team score of 44. Cumberland University and Lindsey Wilson College were the only other Mid-South Conference teams competing, finishing third and fourth respectively.

Setting a new school record, Adam Sandidge set the stage for the Tigers' with a second place finish and an 8K time of 25:16.0.
 
Tigers Bret Crawford and Will Ballard also grabbed Top 10 finishes with times of 26:06.2 (4^th) and 26:38.1 (8^th), respectively, followed by Chris Stoeckel with a time of 26:54.2.
 
Rounding out the Top 25, Camryn Snapp earned a 20^th place finish running a 27:27.9 and Matthew Fischer placed 25^th with a time of 27:37.3.
 
Other finishers for the Tigers were: Corbin Harris (27:52.9), 30^th; Jiovanni Rivera (28:08.4), 33^rd; Ross Allen (29:19.4), 58^th; Hunter Jackson (29:47.8), 64^th; and Brandon Wiseheart (30:08.9), 68^th.
 
Leading the Lady Tigers was a pair of freshmen, Taylor Davis landed a 27^th place finish with a time of 20:41.4, followed closely by Miranda Rzendzian with a time of 20:48.7 (30^th).
 
The women finished eighth of 13 teams. Lindsey Wilson finished second and Cumberland University finished fourth.
 
Other runners scoring for the Lady Tigers were: Elise Shainfeld (21:13.8), 35^th; Jennifer Maxwell (21:54.3), 44^th; Brandi Thomas (22:16.3), 55^th; Jessica Cook (22:35.8), 60^th; and Olivia Napier (24:53.9), 77^th.
 
Tiger and Lady Tiger cross country teams will travel to Bowling Green, Ky. for the Mid-South Conference Championship on Nov. 5^th. The gun fires at 10:30 a.m. for the women with the men's race to follow.