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Lowry wins 5K as Aces open season at Belmont

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - For the sixth time in her career, senior Anna Lowry captured a race victory to lead the University of Evansville's men's and women's cross country teams in their season openers in the Belmont Opener at Vaughan's Creek Cross Country Course at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.

Lowry captured the individual championship with a time of 17:42.751, winning the women's 5k race by six seconds as Evansville's women's team finished eighth in the 11-team field. On the day, Evansville finished ahead of Jacksonville State, Tennessee Tech, and Tennessee State.

On the men's side, newcomer JJ Pedersen paced the Aces men's team with a time of 27:10.