Jones, Etheridge Lead Mocs at Louisville Classic

Saturday, October 5

Tom Sawyer Park, Louisville, Ky.

9:30 a.m.

Chattanooga

Greater Louisville Classic

Women's 5K Results - Louisville Men's 8K Results - Louisville

University of Chattanooga competes in the NCAA Division I Cross Country South Regional meet at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, FL on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (Photo by Taylor Jones)

Photo by: Taylor Jones

10/5/2019 4:40:00 PM | Cross Country & Track & Field

Men's 8K Results Women's 5K Results Meyer's Post Meet

By: Anne Wehunt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior runner Makenzie Jones led the Mocs to a 25^th place finish Saturday at the Louisville Cross Country Classic at the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park while the men were 35^th in the Gold Races.

Jones finished the meet in 27^th with a personal best time of 17:40.1. She improved her position throughout the race. At the 2.1k mark, she was 59^th and moved up to 34 at the 3.9k mark and ran an average 5.40.9 mile in the 5-kilometer race.

Freshman Lesley Green posted a career-best time finishing 95^th out of 342 runners with a time of 18:22.5. Hannah Caldwell was the Mocs' third runner to finish with a time of 18:47.4 followed by Sophia Neglia at 18:49.2 and Ashlynd Broling with a time of 19:14.6, both PRs.

Jake Etheridge returned to the course this season after missing last year due to injury and led the Mocs on the pitch. He was one of three UTC runners to post a PR finishing the 8K race with a time of 25:23.4. Senior Nathan Watson was the second Moc across the finish line at 25:36.1. Jonathan Boyd PR'd at 25:40.5 and Conner Duncan finished with a time of 26:34.8 in his first collegiate 8K. Ryan Phillips also improved his best time at 26:55.4.

Chattanooga will return to action October 19 at the Berry Classic in Mount Berry, Ga., in the regular season finale.

27	Makenzie Jones	17:40.1	PR
95	Lesley Green	18:22.5	PR
149	Hannah Caldwell	18:47.4
160	Sophia Neglia	18:49.2	PR
220	Ashlynd Broling	19:14.6	PR
249	Julia Henderson	19:26.8
277	Faith Brown	19:44.1	PR