Hughes Leads Cardinal Men at Saturday's Greater Louisville Classic

Saturday, October 4

E.P. 'TOM' SAWYER PARK

9:30 AM

University of Louisville

GREATER LOUISVILLE CLASSIC

Hughes Leads Cardinal Men at Saturday's Greater Louisville Classic

October 04, 2008 | Men's Cross Country

Oct. 4, 2008

Complete Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Junior Tarah McKay earned another runner-up finish to lead the Louisville women's team at Saturday's Greater Louisville Classic at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park, while redshirt freshman Matt Hughes led the way for the Cardinal men.

Hughes, a native of Oshawa, Ont., and transfer from Clemson University, covered the 8-kilometer course in a time of 24:21.36 to finish 14th overall in the field of 294 runners. Louisville junior Cory Thorne, running unattached, won Saturday's individual title with a time of 23:45.74 Overall, the Louisville men finished fourth with 127 points, while Southern Illinois won the men's title with 77 points. On the women's side, Texas led the way with 79 points, followed by Georgia State (198 points) and UAB (201 points), while the Cards were seventh with 238 points.

McKay, a native of St. Clements, Ont., covered the 5-kilometer course in a time of 17 minutes, 7.68 seconds to earn her second straight runner-up finish in the event, while Western Kentucky's Janet Jesang led the way in the field of 265 runners with a time of 16:52.95. McKay now has two wins and one runner-up finish in three events in 2008 and she's never finished worse than second in three career appearances at the Greater Louisville Classic.

"We're excited about our top runners, Matt Hughes and Tarah McKay," said Cards' head coach Brice Allen. "Matt is coming into his own right now and that was a strong finish for him and for Tarah, who continues to do a great job for us. We're going to build upon our finishes from today and continue to prepare for Pre-Nationals in two weeks."

Also scoring points for the Louisville men was junior Scott McClain in 20th with a time of 24:34.56, followed by freshman Luke Lovelace in 31st at 24:44.01, junior Matt Smith in 33rd at 24:47.07 and freshman Chase Violet in 49th at 25:04.87.

Also scoring points for the Louisville women was sophomore Emily Borsare in 31st at 18:15.52, junior Kelsey Page in 40th at 18:26.11, junior Kathryn Long in 72nd at 18:46.64 and junior Kortni Dukes in 106th at 19:10.41.

The Cards will have a week off from competition before competing at the Pre-Nationals on Oct. 18 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Greater Louisville ClassicE.P. `Tom' Sawyer Park - Oct. 4, 2008Men: 8 km / Women: 5 km
MENS RACE RESULTS (33 Teams)1.  Southern Illinois   77 points2.  Eastern Kentucky    91 points3.  Rend Lake College   120 points4.  LOUISVILLE  127 points5.  Tennessee   218 points6.  Belmont 224 points7.  Georgia State   233 points8.  Middle Tennessee    251 points9.  East Tennessee  275 points10. Southern Indiana    287 points
U of L Men's Individual Finishers (Field of 294)14. Matt Hughes  24:21.3620. Scott McClain   24:34.5631. Luke Lovelace  24:44.0133. Matt Smith 24:47.0749. Chase Violet    25:04.8752. Matt Bruce    25:06.92117.    Gordon Dooley  25:53.01
WOMENS RACE RESULTS (32 Teams)1.  Texas   79 points2.  Georgia State   198 points3.  UAB     201points4.  Southern Illinois   202 points5.  Vanderbilt  207 points6.  Dayton  211 points7.  LOUISVILLE  238 points8.  Southern Indiana    251 points9.  Eastern Kentucky    260 points10. Western Kentucky    320 points
U of L Women's Individual Finishers (Field of 265)2.  Tarah McKay   17:07.6831. Emily Borsare   18:15.5240. Kelsey Page   18:26.1172. Kathryn Long 18:46.64106.    Kortni Dukes 19:10.41141.    Lorna Whaley    19:43.48