Meet Central
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Cross Country is headed for its second meet of the year with the Commodore Classic hosted by Vanderbilt on its slate for Saturday. Races are set to begin at 8:30 a.m. CT, with the men's 8K race, and the women's 6K will begin at 9:15 a.m.Â
The 16thannual Commodore Classic will take place at Vaughn's Gap, in Nashville's Percy Warner Park, the same course the Hilltoppers ran last time out at the Belmont Opener. The course runs through more than 10 miles of woodlands.
Nine women and 12 men will make the trip this weekend. Traveling for the squads are Dylan Duckworth, Donnie Fry, Luke Hoover, Miles Huff, Jacob Steppe, William Perrone, Carson Sharber, Michael Sherman, Jacob Skillman, Zachary Skillman, Dedrick Troxell, and Emerson Wells will travel for the men. Kai Enevoldsen, Savannah Heckman, Morgan Kannapel, Carley Maskos, Aairiona Hayden-Ransom, Lauren Roby, Jenna Vaughn, Haley Webb, and Heather Whitlow will travel for the women.
Heckman led the WKU women in the squad's season-opener two weeks ago in Music City, finishing 26thoverall on the women's side with a mark of 19:51.42. For the men, Wells (16:13.62) led the way, placing 17th and Troxell (16:13.78) followed directly behind, finishing 18th.Â
The weekend field features teams from the SEC and Big Ten among several local squads. For the men, teams competing include Auburn, Belmont, Georgia, High Point, Indiana, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Louisville, Missouri, Middle Tennessee, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Xavier. On the women's side, Auburn, Belmont, Georgia, High Point, Indiana, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Louisville, Mississippi State, Missouri, Middle Tennessee, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Santa Clara, Southern Miss, Tennessee Tech, UAB, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Xavier will all be represented.
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