Wright State University
Greater Louisville Classic
Cross Country Competes at Greater Louisville Classic
10/4/2008 12:00:00 PM | Cross Country
The Wright State men's and women's cross country squads traveled south to compete at the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday at Tom Sawyer State Park. The men's squad posted a 31st place finish at the meet, while the women collected a 26th place finish.
In the men's race, sophomore Isaiah Kessio posted the Raiders top finish as he crossed the finish line in 108th place. The Mosoriot, Kenya, native posted a career-best time of 25:48 in the 8K race to pace the Raiders. All nine of the runners for the Green and Gold set a personal best time on the 8K course on Saturday.
On the women's side of things, Natalie Hopwood posted the top finish for WSU as she set a career-best with a time of 18:58. The time for Hopwood marked the first time in the recent history of the program that a runner has posted a time under 19-minutes.
Other top finishers for the women included five runners who posted times at or under 20:15. Of the six competitors for WSU, five of them set career best times at the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday.
The next race for the Raiders will be on Friday, October 10th when they travel north to compete in the All-Ohio Championships. The men's race will start at 2:00 and the women's race will compete at 2:45.
Men's Team Results
1) Southern Illinois, 77
2) Eastern Kentucky, 91
3) Rend Lake, 120
4) Louisville, 127
5) Tennessee, 218
6) Belmont, 224
7) Georgia State, 233
8) Middle Tennessee, 251
9) East Tennessee State, 275
10) Southern Indiana, 287
11) Southeast Missouri, 324
12) Morehead State, 357
13) Northern Kentucky, 382
14) Western Kentucky, 384
15) Shorter College, 475
16) Lindenwood, 484
17) Detroit, 488
18) Vanderbilt, 521
19) Davidson, 549
20) Bellarmine, 567
21) Shawnee State, 572
22) Mississippi, 578
23) Alabama-Huntsville, 609
24) Lipscomb, 656
25) Missouri A&T, 681
26) Western Carolina, 713
27) Cumberlands, 720
28) UNC Asheville, 741
29) Winthrop, 764
30) Lee, 776
31) Wright State, 797
32) Mars Hill, 848
33) Berea, 925
WSU Men's Individual Results
108) Isaiah Kessio, 25:48
154) Jake Bradosky, 26:09
174) Jake McCubbin, 26:28
245) Kevin Sheehan, 27:33
250) Randy Depoy, 27:35
263) Kurt Throckmorton, 27:55
265) Sean Herbert, 28:02
271) Ben Livingston, 28:10
288) Jake Stover, 30:26
Women's Team Results
1) Texas, 79
2) Georgia State, 198
3) UAB, 201
4) Southern Illinois, 202
5) Vanderbilt, 207
6) Dayton, 211
7) Louisville, 238
8) Southern Indiana, 251
9) Eastern Kentucky, 260
10) Western Kentucky, 320
11) Davidson, 326
12) Murray State, 333
T13) Findlay, 345
T13) Rend Lake, 345
15) Southeast Missouri, 383
16) Middle Tennessee, 430
17) Lipscomb, 444
18) Western Carolina, 451
19) Lindenwood, 474
20) Alabama-Huntsville, 480
21) Mississippi, 559
22) William Woods, 579
23) Bellarmine, 587
24) Winthrop, 588
25) Northern Kentucky, 616
26) Wright State, 658
27) Detroit, 697
28) Shorter College, 735
29) Morehead State, 778
30) East Tennessee State, 847
31) Missouri A&T, 890
32) Mars Hill, 950
WSU Women's Individual Results
87) Natalie Hopwood, 18:58
109) Bianca Walker, 19:12
174) Alyssa Glenn, 20:03
181) Ashley Diltz, 20:07
189) Kristen Goodwin, 20:15
228) Erin Cull, 21:04
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