U of L Men Stay Unbeaten With Dominating Win at Cardinal Classic

Saturday, October 2

U OF L SHELBY CAMPUS

10:45 AM

University of Louisville

CARDINAL CLASSIC

U of L Men Stay Unbeaten With Dominating Win at Cardinal Classic

October 02, 2004 | Men's Cross Country

Oct. 2, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville men's cross country team and freshman runner Wesley Korir each remained perfect on the season following a fourth straight sweep of the team and individual titles at Saturday's Cardinal Classic at the U of L Shelby Campus.

The Cardinal men dominated the competition placing five runners in the top six spots to win the team title with 18 points, while IUPUI finished second in the field of 10 teams with 71 points. Morehead State was third with 108, followed by Middle Tennessee in fourth with 128 and Evansville in fifth with 129. Complete team and individual results for the 2004 Cardinal Classic can be found at www.alltraxtiming.com.

Korir, a native of Eldoret, Kenya, improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season after he covered the 8-kilometer course in 25 minutes, 24.84 seconds to finish just ahead of teammate Nurani Sheikh in second place in the field of 95 runners with a time of 25:26.42.

The Cards have now won four straight races to open the season following wins at the Greater Louisville Classic on Sept. 25, the Commodore Classic hosted by Vanderbilt on Sept. 11 and the Woodford Trials hosted by Kentucky on Sept. 3. Korir has been the Cards' top finisher at each event while earning first-place honors each time.

"We continue to improve and move forward with each meet," said U of L cross country head coach Ron Mann. "To be undefeated at this point in the season is a nice accomplishment, but the real test will be in two weeks at the Pre-Nationals.

"We're moving into the championship season and things will get much tougher as we continue to move forward, but we feel very good about where we're at right now."

Junior Tim Kaiser finished fourth with a time of 25:45.45, while sophomore Wes Seacat was fifth with a 25:54.85 and junior Kyle Bowling closed out the scoring for U of L in sixth with a time of 26:00.86. U of L will now have a week away from competition before the Pre-Nationals on Oct. 16 in Terre Haute, Ind., site of the 2004 NCAA Cross Country Championships set for late November.

CARDINAL CLASSIC
Louisville, Ky. - 8 kilometers
TEAM STANDINGS (10 Teams)1.  LOUISVILLE      40 points2.  IUPUI           71 points3.  Morehead State      108 points4.  Middle Tennessee State  128 points5.  Evansville      129 points6.  Missouri-Rolla      142 points7.  Vanderbilt      158 points8.  Campbellsville      210 points9.  Bellarmine      214 points10. Danville Area CC        293 points
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS (Field of 95)1.  Wesley Korir      25:24.842.  Nurani Sheikh        25:26.424.  Tim Kaiser      25:45.455.  Wes Seacat      25:54.856.  Kyle Bowling      26:00.868.  Brian Hurst     26:05.9818. Mat VanDerMeer      26:42.3323. Chris Davis     26:51.4224. Thad Schroeder      26:53.9026. Chris Danks        27:00.82