Louisville Men Finish Third at Cardinal Cross Country Classic

Saturday, October 4

Louisville, Ky. (UofL Shelby Campus)

10:45 AM

University of Louisville

<B>CARDINAL CLASSIC</B>

Wes Seacat led the Cards with a 14th-place finish at the Cardinal Classic

Louisville Men Finish Third at Cardinal Cross Country Classic

October 04, 2003 | Men's Cross Country

Oct. 4, 2003

Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Freshman Wes Seacat finished 14th overall to lead the University of Louisville men's cross country team to a third-place showing at the Cardinal Classic Saturday morning at the U of L Shelby Campus.

Louisville finished with 105 points in the 18-team event. Tennessee won the competition with 32 points, while Eastern Kentucky was second with 80 points.

Tennessee's Tim Kelly was the top collegiate finisher with an 8K time of 25 minutes 6.66 seconds.

Seacat ran a season-best 8K time of 25:37.69 to lead the Cardinals for the third consecutive meet. The New Albany, Ind., native was 14th overall, but ranked eighth among collegiate finishers.

Junior Curtis Persinger had a season-best time of 26:03.29 to finish 24th, while sophomore Tim Kaiser was 32nd with a time of 26:13.34. Rounding out the Cardinal scorers were sophomore Kyle Bowling (35th) and redshirt freshman Chris Davis (44th).

The Cardinals return to action Saturday when they travel to Carbondale, Ill., for the Saluki Invitational.

CARDINAL CLASSIC
Louisville, Ky. - 8K

TEAM STANDINGS1.  Tennessee                   322.  Eastern Kentucky            803.  LOUISVILLE                  1054.  Morehead State              1475.  Samford                     1776.  Alabama-Huntsville          1827.  Evansville                  1898.  Kentucky "B"                1909.  Bellarmine                  20610. Centre                      25110. Kentucky "Freshmen" 25112. Danville Area CC            35313. Marian                      38514. Middle Tennessee State  42115. Campbellsville              42316. Lindsey Wilson              49017. Georgetown                  49818. Kentucky State              545
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS14. Wes Seacat          25:37.6924. Curtis Persinger  26:03.2932. Tim Kaiser          26:13.3435. Kyle Bowling      26:21.0944. Chris Davis        26:48.5651. Chris Danks        27:01.0974. Jamie Obermeyer    27:37.0994. Todd Metzger      28:04.19122.    Vernon Stephen      29:06.46