LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 15 Olivet Nazarene University men's cross country team traveled down to Louisville, Kentucky for the Annual Louisville XC Classic at E.P. Sawyer Park on Saturday morning. The Tigers ran in the Gold race, which featured the country's best cross country programs. ONU finished 31st as a team out of 39 schools in attendance.
Taylor Vallangeon led the Tigers. Vallangeon broke the 25-minute mark for the second time this season and ran the seventh fastest time in school history, clocking in at 24:46.9. The Columbus, Ohio native finished in 86th place out of 355 runners. Freshman Hayden Colclasure was the second Tiger to finish as he clocked a time of 25:18.7 and finished in 148th place. Colclasure ran the 17th fastest time in program history. Enrique Romo rounded out the top three finishers for the Tigers as he ran a time of 25:25.2. Romo finished in 159th place.
Below are the full results from today's Louisville Cross Country Classic
|
Runner |
Time |
Place |
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24:46.9 |
86th |
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25:18.7 |
148th |
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25:25.2 |
159th |
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25:56.9 |
214th |
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26:50.8 |
283rd |
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26:58.1 |
295th |
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27:22.1 |
312th |
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27:49.8 |
329th |
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27:54.7 |
333nd |
WHAT'S NEXT?
The No. 15 Tigers compete at the Bethel College (Ind.) Cross Country Classic on Friday, October 8th. The race begins at 1:30 p.m. CST.
--ONU—
*Contact: Sam Viebrock, Sports Information Director, stviebrock@olivet.edu