BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Aaron Smith and Karly Spalding led Campbellsville on Friday at the Mid-South Conference Cross Country Championships, where the Tiger men placed sixth and the women finished fifth at Phil Moore Park.

• Aaron Smith led the Campbellsville men with a 17th-place finish in 26:45.2, earning 11 team points after runners outside their schools' scoring lineups were removed. He averaged 5:22.9 per mile over the 8K course.
• Samuel Larson provided Campbellsville's second scoring performance, placing 35th overall and 27th in the team scoring with a time of 28:41.3.
• Freshman Drew Kelly placed third in the Tigers' lineup at 29:08.1, finishing 15.8 seconds ahead of fourth scorer Austin Barnes.
• Campbellsville's men totaled 142 points, finishing sixth in the seven-team field. The Tigers ended 10 points behind fifth-place Freed-Hardeman and 25 ahead of seventh-place Bethel (Tenn.).
• Karly Spalding paced the Campbellsville women in the 6K, placing 25th overall and scoring 19 points with a time of 25:26.5. Ava Groves followed four positions and eight seconds later in 25:34.5.
• Spalding, Groves, and Julia Smaldone gave Campbellsville three runners within the first 32 finishers, with only 27.9 seconds separating the Tigers' top three.
• The Campbellsville women scored 135 points to finish fifth, six points ahead of Lindsey Wilson. The Tigers' five scorers averaged 26:02 and finished within 1:17.6 of one another.

Smith established Campbellsville's position in the men's 8K, completing the course in 26:45.2 to finish 17th overall. His 11 scoring points represented the Tigers' lowest individual total of the race.

Larson followed in 35th place at 28:41.3, while Kelly crossed 40th in 29:08.1. Barnes placed 42nd with a time of 29:23.9 before Tyler Wilkerson completed Campbellsville's scoring five in 48th at 30:00.2.

Brian Kemboi finished immediately behind Wilkerson in 30:03.9, serving as the Tigers' first displacement runner. Wyatt Lawson followed in 30:52.2, while Corbin Hale, Mathew Mattingly, and Lance Powell completed Campbellsville's lineup.

The Tiger men combined for a total time of 2:23:58 and an average of 28:47. Cumberlands won the conference championship with 15 points after sweeping the first five scoring positions.

In the women's 6K, Spalding finished first for Campbellsville in 25:26.5. Groves crossed in 25:34.5 to place 29th overall and score 23 points, while Smaldone followed in 32nd at 25:54.4.

Amelia Larson supplied the Tigers' fourth scoring result, placing 40th in 26:34.1. Brianna Collins completed the scoring lineup one position later with a time of 26:43.8, giving Campbellsville consecutive finishers at the fourth and fifth spots.

Rebecca Stringer finished 45th in 27:21.8, followed by Roxy Bogardus in 28:06.2 and Claire Goff in 28:37.9. Maggie Jewell rounded out the Campbellsville contingent with a time of 28:58.3.

Campbellsville totaled 135 points and a combined time of 2:10:13 to secure fifth place. Cumberlands captured the women's championship with 22 points.