Ruberg Leads U of L at the C-USA Championships

Saturday, October 30

Chicago, Ill.

11:30 AM

University of Louisville

at Conference USA Championship

Junior Ashley Ruberg led the Cards at the C-USA Championships.

October 30, 2004 | Women's Cross Country

Oct. 30, 2004

CHICAGO, Ill. - Junior Ashley Ruberg led the way for the University of Louisville women's cross country team at the 2004 Conference USA Championships hosted by DePaul University on Saturday at the Palos Hills Forest Preserve in Chicago, Ill.

Ruberg, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, covered the hilly, 6,000-meter course in a time of 24 minutes, 31 seconds to earn 60th in the field of 94 runners. This is the fifth time in 2004 that Ruberg has been the Cards' top finisher.

Overall, the Cardinals finished 14th with 400 points, while Marquette scored 66 points to win its fifth straight C-USA title. TCU finished second with 93 points followed by UAB in third with 101 points and South Florida in fourth 125 points.

Senior Corryn McCrae closed her cross country career with a time of 25:33 and 81st, while junior Lauren Baldwin earned 83rd with a time of 25:49. Freshman Jessie Faulkenberg was 87th with a time of 26:12, while sophomore Holly Geers closed out the scoring for the Cards with 89th and a time of 26:39.

This is the final cross country meet of the season and the final C-USA event for the Cardinal women as U of L will enter the Big East Conference in 2005.

CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPSChicago, Ill. - 6,000 meters
TEAM STANDINGS1.  Marquette       66 points2.  TCU     93 points3.  UAB     101 points4.  South Florida   125 points5.  DePaul      137 points6.  Cincinnati  152 points7.  Charlotte       161 points8.  Southern Miss   191 points9.  East Carolina   234 points10. Houston     238 points11. Memphis     270 points12. Tulane      274 points13. Saint Louis 381 points14. LOUISVILLE  400 points
LOUISVILLE FINISHERS (Field of 94)60. Ashley Ruberg    24:3181. Corryn McCrae    25:3383. Lauren Baldwin  25:4987. Jessie Faulkenberg  26:1289. Holly Geers    26:39