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The men will open competition with an 8k beginning at 10 a.m. CT, directly followed by the women's 5k.
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The men's team will travel 11 student-athletes, while 9 women will travel for the meet. Donnie Fry, Luke Hoover, Miles Huff, Will Perrone, Clint Sherman, Jacob Skillman, Zach Skillman, Ethan Snyder, Jacob Steppe, Dedrick Troxell and Emerson Wells will travel on the men's side, with Kaia Enevoldsen, Savannah Heckman, Morgan Kannapel, Carley Maskos, Lauren Roby, Jenna Vaughn, Haley Webb, Kacy Weinburg and Heather Whitlow traveling for the women.
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The men's and women's squads recently wrapped up competition at the Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 5, with both team's earning quality results. The men's team finished their meet in fifth place while the women finished 27th out of 62 teams, with 11 of the 12 student-athletes on both sides recording either PR's or season-bests.
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"Overall, we checked most of the boxes that we wanted to check when reflecting back on the Louisville meet," said cross country head coach Tim Sykes. "The men exceeded the goal I set for them, so I think internally that group of guys set a team goal and they achieved higher than even I was thinking. On the women's side, we also met the team overall goal and the ladies also ran the times that we were hoping they would run."
Heckman currently owns the women's best mark in the 5k this season, posting a time of 18:58.7 at the Greater Louisville Classic. On the men's side, Wells holds the top 8k time on the team with a 24:59.0 mark at the Greater Louisville Classic.Happy with last meet's results and ready to build on it this weekend at the UE Invitational: "Overall, we checked most of the boxes that we wanted to check when reflecting back on the Louisville meet." - XC HC Tim Sykes
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The anticipated teams to compete on both the men's and women's side are host-school Evansville, IU Run Club, Kentucky State, Marshall, Morehead State, Oakland City, Purdue Fort Wayne, Thomas More, Vincennes and Western Kentucky Community College.
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Following their regular season finale, the Hilltoppers will then prepare to host the Conference USA Cross Country Championships at Spero Kereiakes Park Saturday, Nov. 2.
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