Concord Goes Up Against Large Field at Greater Louisville Classic

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ATHENS, W.Va. – Fresh from a three-week break, the Concord University men's and women's cross country teams prepare for the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday morning at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

RACE SCHEDULE
10:15 a.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race
11:00 a.m. – Women's 6,000-meter race

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COMPETING TEAMS
Both Concord teams are slated for the blue races this weekend. Below are the teams that will lineup alongside CU.

Asbury
Baldwin Wallace
Bellarmine
Berea
Campbellsville
Capital
Centre
Concord
Converse
Covenant
Cumberland
DePauw
Detroit Mercy
Franciscan
Franklin
Geneva
Hanover
IU-East
IU-Kokomo
John Carroll
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Kennesaw State
Madonna
Manchester
Mars Hill
Middle Tennessee State
Morehead State
Mount Union
Murray State
North Central
North Greenville
Otterbein
Rhodes
Saint Francis (Pa.)
San Diego
Shawnee State
Southern Illinois
Spalding
St. Bonaventure
St. Francis (Ind.)
St. Mary's (Ind.)
Stetson
Texas A&M Kingsville
Trevecca Nazarene
Trine
Trinity
Wabash
Washington & Jefferson
Wester Liberty
West Virginia Wesleyan
William Carey
Wilmington (Del.)
Wilmington (Ohio)
Wittenberg
Wright State
Xavier

LAST TIME OUT
The Mountain Lion men finished sixth among non-Division I teams at the highly-competitive Southern Showcase in Huntsville, Alabama September 12. Junior Braden Ward put together the best race of his CU career with a time of 25:07 for the 8,000-meter course. He finished inside the top 100, out of 459 runners. Sophomore Brandon Canaday clocked 26:04. Junior AJ Skeens was four seconds behind Canaday. The final two in the top five for the Mountain Lions were junior Bramley Childress (26:28) and sophomore Joshua Uhrig (26:35).

Freshman Violet Wall led the Concord women as she broke 19 minutes for the 5,000-meter course, stopping the clock at 18:57. Senior Katy Walkup came through in 19:21. Junior Sara Turner was safely under 20 minutes as she ran 19:44. Freshman Avery Lilly completed the Alabama course in 20:16, and sophomore Kate Kelly clocked 20:43. Concord was eighth among non-Division I schools.

GREATER LOUISVILLE CLASSIC
Saturday will be the first time CU competes in Louisville since the 2016 season. The Mountain Lions ran at the Greater Louisville Classic from 2009-11 before taking a five-year hiatus.
Though Concord will not race against any Division II teams ranked in their respective region, the Mountain Lion men will see some of the top Division III teams in their race. Centre, John Carroll, Kenyon, Manchester, Mount Union, Otterbein and Trine are all ranked in the top 10 of the Division III Great Lakes Region. North Central is the second ranked team in the Midwest Region as well as the sixth-ranked team nationally in Division III. Additionally, Mountain East Conference schools West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan are in CU's race.

Like the men, the Concord women get some of the best Division III competition in the nation. Trine is a top 20 team in Division III. And the regionally-ranked competition for CU includes Centre, DePauw and John Carroll. The Mountain Lions get a look at West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan as well.  
The fastest times for Concord athletes at Louisville are Robby Peters (25:41/2010) and Jason Weitzel (25:48/2016) for the men. The CU women have never run a 6,000-meter course at Louisville.