LOUISVILLE, Ky.--- Asbury men's and women's cross country teams competed in their largest meet of the year on Saturday at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky., at the Louisville Classic. The women's team finished sixth of 25 teams while the men finished ninth of 30 teams.
Bailey Gassmann led the Asbury women to an excellent sixth place finish out of 25 teams. Gassmann crossed the finish line in 22nd place out of 200 runners with a time of 19:58 for the 5000 meter course. Just a step behind was sophomore
Emma Le Duc in 19:59, her best time ever and her first time under 20 minutes.
Emma Groff trailed her two teammates by just three seconds, finishing in a personal best of 20:02.
Freshman
Beth Ragain was next in for the Eagles with a time of 20:18, and
Lucy Kate Gibson rounded out the Eagles scoring positions with a new personal best time of 21:06.
The average of the top five ladies times was 20:17, far surpassing the previous best Asbury scoring average of 21:18 at this meet in 2020.
The men's team finished ninth out of 30 teams, with
Lucas Hollinden placing 23rd among the 278 runners in the race. Hollinden's time of 26:59 for 8000 meters was his best of the season so far.
Noah Smith trimmed 25 seconds off of his previous best time ever, completing the course in 27:31.
Jojo Ernst had an even bigger PR (personal record) as his 27:55 was a 35 second improvement.
Zabrey Bortz ran 28:15 and
Teddy O'Neal 28:42 in the final two scoring positions for the Eagles.
Men's Results
Women's Results
"Wow, we ran wild today! Nine of our 14 men and nine of our 12 ladies had the best race time of their lives. We trained hard through the first four meets this season, but finally eased up this past week to have fresh legs. That, and the best competition and weather of the season, resulted in some great performances. We'll hit it hard again next week, but now they have a better picture of what they can do when we give them some rest. We are four weeks from the conference meet and the team saw today that we are in a good position to challenge Covenant for that title."
Randy Crist | Asbury Cross Country Head Coach
The Eagles will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. at Sequoyah Hills Park for the Fighting Scots Invitational on October 16 at 5:30 PM.
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