Louisville MenÂ’s Cross Country Finishes Sixth at NCAA Southeast Regional

Redshirt senior Matt Hughes earned his second career all-region honor.

 

November 12, 2011

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Paced behind redshirt senior Matt Hughes’ 13th-place performance, the University of Louisville men’s cross country team registered a sixth-place finish in the team standings at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Saturday morning at E.P. ‘Tom’ Sawyer State Park. The women finished in 23rd.

 

Hughes, who earned all-region honors for the second-straight season, paced the team with a time of 30:26.0 in the 10K. Classmate Matt Bruce navigated the course in 30:55.9 to take 27th, two spots outside of all-region status, while junior Luke Lovelace checked in at 31st with a time of 31:03.3. Redshirt junior Gordon Dooley (No. 58, 31:38.7) and sophomore Mattias Wolter (No. 59, 31:39.4) rounded out the teamÂ’s five scoring runners.

 

Hughes, Lovelace, Dooley all recorded personal-bests 10K times at the meet.

 

Freshman Madie Davidson was the women’s team’s top finisher, registering a 6K mark of 21:49.9 to place 59th overall. She beat her previous career-best mark by nearly 20 seconds. Classmate Michelle Molodynia raced to a 119th-place (117 in scoring) showing, and juniors Cassie Martin – who also posted a career-best mark (No. 129, 126 in scoring) – and Ariel Briggs (No. 148, 144 in scoring) and sophomore Maria Frigo (No. 194, 188 in scoring) completed the squad’s five scoring runners.

 

The top two finishing teams at each of the nine regionals automatically qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 21 in Terre Haute, Ind. The Cardinal men will wait to see if they earn one of the remaining 13 teams at-large bids, which will be selected by the NCAA Division I Track & Field Subcommittee. At-large teams will be considered based on their regional finish as well as their regular-season results. Final selections will be announced the evening of Sunday, Nov. 13.

 

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MENÂ’S TEAM RESULTS

1. NC State, 68; 2. Eastern Kentucky, 139; 3. William & Mary, 152; 4. Virginia Tech, 161; 5. North Carolina, 162; 6. LOUISVILLE, 188

 

MENÂ’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

13. Matt Hughes, 30:26.0; 27. Matt Bruce, 30:55.9; 31. Luke Lovelace, 31:03.3; 58. Gordon Dooley, 31:38.7; 59. Mattias Wolter, 31:39.4; 89. Evan Hibbs, 32:19.5

 

WOMENÂ’S TEAM RESULTS

1. Virginia, 107; 2. NC State, 113; 3. North Carolina, 133; 4. Clemson, 147; 5. Duke, 178; 23. LOUISVILLE, 634

 

WOMENÂ’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

59. Madie Davidson, 21:49.9; 119. (117) Michelle Molodynia, 22:39.5; 129. (126) Cassie Martin, 22:47.1; 148. (144) Ariel Briggs, 23:02.5; 194. (188) Maria Frigo, 23:55.3; 208. (202) Megan Klein, 24:09.9; 224. (218) Paige Dooley, 24:54.0

 

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