New Faces Lead Cards at Live in Lou Classic

Saturday, September 30

Louisville, Ky.

University of Louisville

Live in Lou Classic

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

September 30, 2023 | Cross Country

Women's Results (Gold Race)Men's Results (Gold Race)Men's Results (Blue Race)

Layla Roebke and Rylee Penn earned top-15 finishes to lead the women’s team to a fourth-place finish.

By: Sam Gercak

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville cross country teams kicked off the 2023 campaign on Saturday morning at the 22^nd annual Live in Lou Classic at E.P "Tom" Sawyer Park.

The women's squad fought through a packed field to take fourth in the team standings with a total score of 224 points after finishing 33^rd at the same meet last season.

Layla Roebke and Rylee Penn led the way with a pair of individual top-15 finishes to go along with personal-best performances over the 5K course. Roebke, a transfer from Tulsa, finished eighth in 17:11.0 while Penn, who transferred from Cincinnati, clocked 17:18.7 to take 12^th place.

Lexie Paskiewicz also bested her previous personal-best by nearly a full minute while earning 50^th place in 17:57.6.

A pair of freshmen rounded out the scoring five for the Louisville women in their collegiate debuts, as Maddie Seaby crossed the line in 18:06.9 to take 73^rd place and Temi Ariyo finished 92^nd in 18:17.1.

On the men's side, Jack Stansell donned the Louisville uniform for the first time since joining the program in the spring, running 24:54.5 for a new personal-best in the 8K.

Freshman Innocent Ntwali followed close behind with a time of 25:01.5 in his first meet with the Cards, while Forest MacKenzie came through the line in 25:18.1 as the top returner on the day for the Louisville men.

Nicky Alexander recorded a time of 25:24.7 in his Louisville cross country debut and Ethan Meyer was the fifth man through for the Cardinals in 25:43.8.

Following two weeks off, the Cardinals will return to the course on Oct. 13 at Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station, Texas.

For the latest information on Louisville Cross Country/Track & Field, visit GoCards.com, or follow the team's Instagram and Twitter account at @louisvilletfxc or on Facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleTFXC.