Men's Cross Country Team Finishes Ninth at Navy Invitational

Saturday, September 14

Annapolis, Md.

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

at Naval Academy Invite

Mike Horan was the Cards' No. 3 runner at Navy

Men's Cross Country Team Finishes Ninth at Navy Invitational

September 14, 2002 | Men's Cross Country

Sept. 14, 2002

Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The University of Louisville men's cross country team received some strong performances from a pair of freshmen as the Cardinals finished ninth at the Navy Invitational Saturday in Annapolis, Md.

Louisville finished with 251 points in the 15-team event. Host Navy won the event with 30 points, followed by American (70), Canisius (88) and Maryland (106).

Freshman Tim Kaiser led the Cards with a 35th-place finish after running the 8000-meter course in 26:11.41. Fellow classmate Chris Davis placed 50th with a time of 26:55.87 to round out the Cardinals' top-50 finishers.

U of L senior captains Mike Horan and Tim Franxman placed 55th and 60th, respectively.

Navy's Aaron Lanzel led a 1-2-3 sweep of the host team to win the race with a time of 24:44.82.

Louisville returns to action Sept. 28 when it competes in the Greater Louisville Classic. The event, hosted by the Greater Louisville Sports Commission, will be held at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park.

NAVY INVITATIONAL
1. Naval Academy    302. American         703. Canisius         884. Maryland         1065. UMBC             1546. Furman           1607. Mount St. Mary's 1878. George Washington    2219. Louisville       25110. VMI             25911. Va. Commonwealth    30212. Loyola (Md.)    33113. Robert Morris   33714. The Citadel     36515. George Mason    431
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS
35. Tim Kaiser      26:11.4150. Chris Davis    26:55.8755. Mike Horan      27:12.2060. Tim Franxman  27:25.1874. Josh Gentry    27:44.2581. Dan Barczak    28:01.5289. Brian Hurst    28:24.89108. Kyle Bowling 29:15.08123. Chris Cox   30:57.95