Louisville Men Place Seventh at Cardinal Cross Country Classic

Saturday, October 5

LOUISVILLE, KY

10:45 AM

University of Louisville

<B>CARDINAL CLASSIC</B>

Louisville Men Place Seventh at Cardinal Cross Country Classic

October 05, 2002 | Men's Cross Country

Oct. 5, 2002

Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's cross country team placed four runners in the top 60 to finish seventh overall at the Cardinal Cross Country Classic Saturday at the U of L Shelby Campus.

Samford University finished with 50 points to win the 18-team event. Wayne State was second with 76 points, followed by Southern Indiana (88), Chattanooga (104), Otterbein (144), Murray State (144) and Louisville (189). Southern Indiana's Joey Byrne won the 8000-meter race with a time of 25:11.0, narrowly edging Gediminas Banevicus of Chattanooga by less than one second (25:11.9).

Freshman Tim Kaiser led the Cardinals for the second straight weekend by finishing 24th with a time of 25:57.4. Senior Mike Horan came in 33rd with a time of 26:12.0, followed by senior Tim Franxman (40th) and sophomore Brian Hurst (58th).

The Cardinals return to action Oct. 19 when they travel to Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet.

CARDINAL CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC
Louisville, Ky. - 8K

Rank    School              Total==== =======================    =====1   Samford             502   Wayne State         763   Southern Indiana    884   Chattanooga         1045   Otterbein           1445   Murray State        1447   LOUISVILLE          1898   Xavier              2099   Middle Tennessee State  21610  Bellarmine          23811  Morehead State      26012  Lipscomb            38513  Centre              39914  Marian              40615  Campbellsville      42016  Georgetown          49217  Lindsey Wilson      50218  Kentucky State      576
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS
24  Tim Kaiser  25:57.433  Mike Horan  26:12.040  Tim Franxman  26:23.058  Brian Hurst    26:46.069  Kyle Bowling  27:04.073  Josh Gentry    27:08.097  Paul Markus    27:42.0