
The women's team earned a third-place finish in the 5K with an average time of 19:08.40, while the men's squad also placed third with an average mark of 22:39.98 in the 6.4K.
"Today was a tale of two different performances," said cross country head coach Brooks LeCompte. "I felt we had a strong showing on the women's side with six runners under 19:40, where as last year we only had two women accomplish that all season. Rory [O'Connor] was fantastic for us, running 18:30 in her first collegiate meet under less than ideal conditions is a great sign of things to come for her and this women's squad.
"On the other hand, the men, who are missing a few key guys in uniform, didn't perform how I expected them to. We will look to regroup in two weeks at Louisville."
The women's team was led by two freshmen in O'Connor and Zoe Manning, who both earned top-15 finishes. O'Connor paced the squad with a time of 18:30.07 to finish ninth, while Manning's 19:05.66 mark gave her a 15th-place finish. Three of the women's four returners in the race finished with personal records, as Haley Webb, Jenna Vaughn and Kaia Enevoldsen all recorded career-best times.
WKU Women's Results
3rd – Team – 19:08.40 avg.
9th – Rory O'Connor – 18:30.07
15th – Zoe Manning – 19:05.66
21st – Haley Webb – 19:14.95 (PR)
23rd – Lucy Rutherford – 19:22.75
24th – Savannah Heckman – 19:28.56
28th – Jenna Vaughn – 19:36.90 (PR)
40th – Kaia Enevoldsen – 21:27.03 (PR)
On the men's side, both Sherman and Emerson Wells earned top-25 finishes in the 6.4K, with each recording personal records as well. Sherman led the group with a 21st-place finish while recording a time of 21:27.51, while Wells placed 24th after finishing with a mark of 21:40.50.
WKU Men's Results
3rd – Team – 22:39.98 avg.
21st – Clint Sherman – 21:27.51 (PR)
24th – Emerson Wells – 21:40.50 (PR)
26th – Jacob Skillman – 21:55.45
36th – Steven Votaw – 23:48.12
37th – Luke Hoover – 24:28.31
38th – Casey Buchanan – 26:55.49
WKU will be back in action in two weeks when it heads to Louisville for the Live in Lou Classic Saturday, Oct. 3 at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.
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