Emerson Wells and Savannah Heckman led their respective squads as Western Kentucky's men's and women's cross country teams ran in the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday at E.P “Tom” Sawyer State Park.
The men’s team earned a fifth-place finish in the 8k with an average time of 25 minutes, 59 seconds, while the women’s squad placed 27th in the 5k with a 20:08 average mark.
Six of seven competitors on the men’s side recorded either personal-record or season-best times in the 8k as the team earned a fifth-place finish out of the 57-school pool. Wells paced the squad, finishing the race in 11th place among 511 total competitors with a PR of 24:59.