Men, Women Post Strong Finishes In Louisville

Saturday, October 5

Louisville, Ky.

8 a.m.

Mercer University

Live in Lou Classic

Men, Women Post Strong Finishes In Louisville

10/5/2024 3:02:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Athletics Department

Women's 5K Results Men's 8K Results

By: Kaylin Flukey, kaylin.flukey@live.mercer.edu

LOUISVILLE – The Mercer men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Live in Lou Classic at the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park this morning in Louisville, Ky. Both squads saw runners place in the top 100 in a race packed with some of the best runners in the country.

Freshman Reagan Cooke is coming off of her first collegiate win at the Julius Johnson Invitational on Sept. 21 and was the top finisher for the Bears in this morning's race coming in 89th out of 263 runners with a time of 18:21.0. Iris Porter finished in 112th place with a time of 18:36.03 and Annette Rodriguez was on her toes finishing in 117th place with a time of 18:39.0.

On the men's side, Buck Ledford crossed the finish line first for the Bears at the 25:01.06 mark, earning himself 71st place. Yianni Pothalakis followed shortly behind finishing with a time of 25:07.08 for 79th place and Reece Cato was the third finisher for Mercer coming in 127th place with a time of 25:36.09.

The Bears will travel to College Station, Texas for their final race of the regular season for the Arturo Barrios Invitational at the Watts Cross Country Course on Friday, Oct. 18.

Live in Lou Classic (October 5)
WOMEN'S 5K		MEN'S 8K
*Winner: Ceili McCabe (West Virginia, 16:06.0)*		Winner: William Amponsah (West Texas A&M, 23:21.01)
89	Reagan Cooke, 18:21.0	71	Buck Ledford, 25:01.06
112	Iris Porter, 18:36.03	79	Yianni Pothalakis, 25:07.08
117	Annette Rodriguez, 18:39.0	127	Reece Cato, 25:36.09
150	Olivia Jones, 18:56.01	173	Chinmay Dongari, 26:08.03
151	Emma James, 18:58.04	195	Nick Frye, 26:21.03
179	Abbie Kallbreier, 19:15.0	206	Peyton Millwood, 26:30.07
194	Claire Bauer, 19:26.00	232	Will Herlihy, 27:00.08
213	Sarah Myers, 19:37.07	243	Hagan Russel, 27:25.0
		248	Sebasthian Rodriguez, 27:32.04
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