The Bruins showed great effort and teamwork in the Louisville Cross Country Classic today resulting in more growth as the season moves along.

"Hesitation in the moment is an opportunity lost. We raced to our ability today, not to our expectation," Head Coach Ken Roach said.  "The environment gave us an excuse-free race, and I am are proud of the team's effort.  We will keep building stronger faith in each other so if God's grace gives us the moment again, we will be better prepared."

The men's race began at 11:30 a.m. This was the first 8k of the season for the Bruins which is the standard distance for the nationals race. This race was highlighted by a little bit of history made by sophomore Jacob Doshier. With his time of 26:55, he now stands sixth all-time in the Bruins 8k rankings. He is now also the top runner in NCCAA DII with just about a month till the national championships. The Bruins had two more runners finish sub-30 minutes and that was Daniel Kyle at 29:29 and Eoin Flynn at 29:47. James Baer was back racing for the Bruins after battling sickness and crossed the finish line at 30:34. To round out the top five, senior Luke VanDenBerghe finished at 30:38. Joram Madrama and Noah Woo came next for the Bruins at 30:58 and 33:25.

The women's race was next at 12:15 p.m., and the Bruins whole team finished with only a 40-second spread across them all. Laura Roland was the leader again this week finishing at 21:50. Not close behind her was senior teammate Kristen Dodds at 21:54 which is her best time of the season. Cora Gagne came in as the Bruins third runner with a personal best time of 22:01. Freshmen Arianna Hudson and Olivia Reyes closed the top five with times of 22:17 and 22:19. Hudson's 22:17 was a personal best of over a minute. To round out the efforts for the Bruins day was Kaitlyn Rodman finishing at 22:32.

The full results can be seen here.

The Bruins now have two weeks before their final regular season meet of the season where they will compete right up the road at the Upstate Invite hosted by USC Upstate at Milliken Research Park.