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Helder Second, PRs Abound For UE Cross Country At Live In Lou Classic

Women's 5-K Results (Silver Race)
Men's 8-K Results (Silver Race)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Evansville graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) finished second Saturday in the women's 5,000-meter silver race, and seven out of ten Purple Aces posted personal or season-best times, to pace the UE cross country teams at the Live In Lou Classic at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Helder, running in her first race as a Purple Ace, placed just five seconds behind individual champion Allison Sherman of Detroit Mercy with a 5-K time of 18:14.