Cross Country Faces Tough Challenge at the Commodore Classic
September 12, 2014 | Cross Country
Event: Commodore Classic Date: Sept. 13, 2014
Start Times: 10 a.m. EST Men's 8K l 11 a.m. EST Women's 5K
Place: Percy Warner Park
THE FIELD A total of 29 schools and more than 250 runners scheduled to participate.(See complete list at bottom of page).
THE WEATHER Conditions are expected to be much cooler in Nashville on Saturday morning than they were for the first race on Aug. 29. The forecasted high for Saturday is 75 degrees.
After an impressive showing at the Flyer 5K two weeks ago, the University of Louisville cross-country team is ready to face a challenging field at the Commodore Classic on Saturday morning. The men's 8k event begins at 10:00 a.m. while the women's 5K event begins at 11:00 a.m. in Percy Warner Park.
The Cardinals had a great start to the season in Dayton, Edwin Kibichiy, Ernest Kibet and Japhet Kipkoech helped lead the Louisville men's cross country team to a first place finish. Benadate Cheruiyot and Kelsie Schwartz anchored the women's team to a second place finish.
Kibichiy, a junior out of Kapsabet, Kenya, led the men's race and finished in first place with a time of 15:35.1. Fellow junior Kibet finished in second place, just over four seconds after Kibichiy crossed the finish line. Junior Kipkoech finished in fourth place with a time of 15:49.8 to round out the Cardinals in the Top 10.
Along with the three finishers in the Top 10, the Louisville men's team had four runners finish in the Top 20, including freshmen Daniel Southard and Chris Striegel and sophomores Jonathan Reynolds and Thomas Cave.
Cheruiyot led the women's squad and finished second overall behind Ohio State's Katie Borches. Cheruiyot finished with a time of 18:31.0. Schwartz, a newcomer out of Grosse Point, Mich., completed her first career race in 18:55.1, which placed her in ninth overall. Sophomore Rachel Pease, freshman Bailey Davis and junior Leah Kiyohara also finished in the Top 20 for the Cardinals.
COMMODORE CLASSIC PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
MEN
Vanderbilt
U. of the South
Mid. Tenn. State
Atl TC / Unattached
Tennessee St.
Western Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Union (Tenn.)
Tennessee Tech
Davidson
Lipscomb
Rhodes
Samford
Central Arkansas
Blue Mountain
Belmont
Kentucky Wesleyan
Freed-Hardeman
Bryan Harding
Chattanooga
Memphis
Louisville
Mississippi
Trevecca Nazarene
Nashville
Harriers Lee (Tenn.)
Miss State
Brescia
Alabama State
WOMEN
Vanderbilt
Blue Mountain
Rhodes
Alabama A&M
Samord
Western Kentucky
Mid. Tenn. State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Vanderbilt
Trevecca
Nazarene
Brescia
Tennessee Tech
Louisville
Mississippi
Davidson
Tennessee St.
Harding
Chattanooga
Bryan
Miss State
Freed-Hardeman
Belmont
U. of the South
Memphis
Central Arkansas
Lipscomb
Alabama State
Union (Tenn.)
Lee (Tenn.)
Players Mentioned
