BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tiger cross-country opened up their season on Saturday with a runner-up finish at the Mid-South Conference preview meet in Bowling Green.
 
In their lone 5,000-meter race of the season, Campbellsville was led a by a 4^thplace finish from Sam Kiser. One second separated Kiser from a runner-up performance as his time of 16:06, narrowly placed him behind Shawnee State's top two finishers.
 
Following Kiser for Campbellsville was the senior, Camryn Snapp. Snapp put together solid second half of the race as he was able to gather a 14^thplace finish with a time of 16:32. 
 
The first Tiger pack was led by Bracken County natives Jacob Hamilton and Brandon Cox. Hamilton was able to cross the line in 16:46, enough for a 19^thplace finish. Two seconds and two places separated Cox from Hamilton as he placed 21^stin his Tiger debut. Jiovanni Rivera also put himself in this mix with a sub-17 performance, finishing 23^rdwith a time of 16:57.
 
Closing out the scoring for the Tigers was Collin Sheffield and Chris Stoeckel. Sheffield, also making his collegiate debut marked a time of 17:13, placing 28^th. Stoeckel, running with Sheffield for much of the race, finished four seconds behind in 30^thplace.
 
Outside of the scoring for Campbellsville was Josiah Harp (17:27), Matthew Fisher (18:04), Briley Shrewsberry (18:08), and Ian McAninch (19:22).
 
The Tigers tallied 72 points as a team, falling to Shawnee State, who put five runners in the top seven overall.
 
Campbellsville with return the action Saturday, September 14^that the Berea College Invite for their first 8,000-meter race of the season.