Women Place Second at Evansville Cross Country Invitational

Saturday, October 18

Evansville, Ind.

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

at Evansville Invitational

Senior Beth Wendt was 18th at the Evansville Invitational

Women Place Second at Evansville Cross Country Invitational

October 18, 2003 | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 18, 2003

Box Score

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - In its final tune-up before the Conference USA Championships, the University of Louisville women's cross country team finished second overall at the Evansville Invitational Saturday in Evansville, Ind.

Southern Indiana won the seven-team event with 40 points. The Cardinals finished with 76 points, followed by Creighton (86), Evansville (102), Saint Louis (111), Lipscomb (133) and UT-Martin (150).

Heather Cooksey of Southern Indiana won the individual title with a 5K time of 18 minutes, 1.03 seconds.

Senior Amanda Bell led the Cardinals with her second consecutive runner-up finish. Bell ran a season-best time of 18:05.79 to record her sixth top-10 finish in as many events this season.

Senior Emily Daunhauer placed 13th with a time of 19:18.15, while freshman Holly Geers was 14th in 19:22.38. The other two Cardinal scorers were senior Beth Wendt (18th) and junior Corryn McCrae (29th).

The Cardinals will take a week off before traveling to Tampa, Fla., for the 2003 C-USA Championships on November 1st.

EVANSVILLE INVITATIONAL
Evansville, Ind. - 5K

TEAM STANDINGS1.  Southern Indiana    402.  LOUISVILLE          763.  Creighton           864.  Evansville          1025.  Saint Louis         1116.  Lipscomb            1337.  UT-Martin           150
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS2.  Amanda Bell        18:05.7913. Emily Daunhauer    19:18.1514. Holly Geers        19:22.3818. Beth Wendt          19:40.1229. Corryn McCrae    20:08.5631. Laine Hamman      20:13.0252. Allissa Moore    21:18.06