Women Win Evansville Cross Country Invitational

Saturday, October 19

Evansville, Ind.

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

at Evansville Invitational

Junior Emily Daunhauer led the Cards with a fourth-place finish

October 19, 2002 | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 19, 2002

Results

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Despite battling cooler temperatures and a steady rain, the University of Louisville women's cross country team placed five runners in the top 10 to win the Evansville Invitational Saturday in Evansville, Ind.

Louisville finished with 33 points to win the three-team event. Southern Illinois and Evansville each finished with 47 points, but Evansville was awarded second place due to the "sixth-place" tiebreaker.

Junior Emily Daunhauer led the Cardinals with a fourth-place finish with a time of 18:19.14. Sophomore Corryn McCrae (18:27.65) and freshman Emily Leeper (18:37.98) placed fifth and sixth, respectively.

Freshman Crystal Duffala came in eighth and junior Beth Wendt was 10th to round out the Cards' top 10 finishers.

Also turning in strong performances were junior Laine Hamman (11th), freshman Ashley Ruberg (17th) and senior Carrie Besser (23rd).

All eight U of L runners recorded personal-best 5000-meter cross country times on the day. For the Cardinals, it was their first team win of the season.

Southern Illinois' Katie Meehan set a course record with a time of 17:55.62 to win the event.

The Cardinals return to action November 2 when they travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., for the Conference USA Championships.

EVANSVILLE CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
Evansville, Ind. -5K

Rank School              Total1   LOUISVILLE          332   Evansville          473   Southern Illinois   47
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS
4   Emily Daunhauer    18:19.145   Corryn McCrae    18:27.656   Emily Leeper      18:37.988   Crystal Duffala    18:45.7210  Beth Wendt          18:55.6211  Laine Hamman      18:59.1317  Ashley Ruberg    19:39.5723  Carrie Besser    20:18.43