LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Eagle Cross Country teams joined over 2,400 runners representing 140 colleges and universities on Saturday at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic held at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville. With ideal weather, a flat course, and more than 5000 spectators in attendance, many of the Eagles flew to their best times of the season and new career bests for seven runners on the team.

The competing teams were divided into three divisions. Asbury lined up in the Silver race with about 50 other schools. In the men's 8K race, Will Durrance recorded a new career best on 25:56.2, an average of 5:13 per mile for the five mile race. It moved him to 3^rd place on the Asbury All-Time list, and was good for 16^th place out of the 412 competitors. He was followed across the finish line by Wes Preston (season best 26:54.6), Davis Brown (career best 27:39.7), Tyler Chong (career best 28:52.6), and Jacob Seawright (career best 29:02.2) in the scoring positions. Also achieving career bests were Luke Wheatley (29:06.2), Owen Vick (30:27.6), and Luke Holton (30:38.0).

"The guys were fantastic today" said Eagles coach Randy Crist, "Tyler was the biggest suprise.  He's been working hard, but a race like he had today was totally out of the blue!  Will ran great again, and he finished a step ahead of the Hanover runner who out leaned him in our meet a couple weeks ago, so that was sweet."

The men's team finished 27^th out of the 45 scoring teams and 54 schools competing in their division.

The women's team was one place better than the men's finish, coming in 26^th out of 40 scoring teams and 52 schools represented in the Silver race. Carolina Trumpower recorded her second fastest 5K time as an Eagle getting 12^th place out of 356 runners in 19:09.2. Joining her as scorers were Ava Miller (20:26.5), Katherine Stanley (21:47.8), Sarah Yost (22:33.9), and Della Nevitt (22:46.0). The combined time of the five scorers easily surpassed the qualifying standard needed by the team to qualify for the NCCAA National Championship meet for the second straight year. 

"The ladies were excited to get the NCCAA qualifier", said Coach Crist, "They missed it by one single second in our last competition, but I was pretty sure they would take care of business today."

Results
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The cross country teams have an exciting week ahead as they travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete in the Royals Challenge on Friday, October 7. The event is hosted by Queens University of Charlotte and is expected to be another very large meet with over 100 schools competing in two divisions.