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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mizzou Cross Country placed third of 11 in both men’s and women’s races at the Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tenn., Friday morning. The men finished with 61 points and the women with 87. The Tigers fell just below Kentucky in both races, and the men surpassed SEC competitor Vanderbilt and other southern competitors for a strong performance in Tennessee. Five Tiger women finished in the top 25, along with six men.
NOTABLE TIGERS
Junior Marquette Wilhite (Warrensburg, Mo.) led the Mizzou men’s team in the men’s 8k race by finishing sixth overall and logging a time of 24:54.5. the finish marked his back to back top 10 finish in this event. Junior Martin Prodanov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) made his season debut on Friday in Nashville, adding another Tiger to the top 10. Proadnov’s 7th place finish led the Tigers to third place and marked the beginning of his hopeful junior season.
On the women’s side, senior Sarah Chapman (Maidenhead, England) made her season debut in the 5k, led the women’s team with a 7th place finish at 17:29.5. Sophomore Isabelle Christiansen (Oswego, Ill.) wasn’t far behind, as her 17:48.0 finish put her at 15th place, moving up 11 places since last year’s race in Nashville. She crossed the finish line in 22:54.5.
QUOTES
Mizzou head coach Marc Burns… “Our men and women fought hard today. We came up a little short of our goal of winning both races, but I am excited about how they competed when they were down. They never gave up and our men almost pulled off the win despite being down big still with 800m to go. We have a long way to go but are making progress and our training has been outstanding! We will continue to prepare for the post season but our next big stop along the way is in two weeks at Gans Creek. We will be ready to battle on our home turf!”
UP NEXT
Following the Commodore Classic, Mizzou will return to Columbia to host the Gans Creek Classic on Friday, Oct. 1, for the Tigers’ third meet of the season.
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MEN’S 8K RESULTS –
6. Marquette Wilhite, 24:54.5 // 7. Martin Prodanov, 24:54.9 // 14. Jacob Nicholson, 25:10.3 // 15. William Sinclair, 25:12.2 // 20. Royce Fisher, 25:25.5 // 23. Owen Bishop, 25:31.9 // 32. Blake Morris, 25:47.2 // 33. Jack Warner, 25:47.2 // 34. Luke Winkler, 25:56.5 // 42. Quentin Worley, 26:06.8 // 49. Angus Beer, 26:16.8 // 51. Jonathan Schmidt, 26:21.6 // 58. Ryan Mata, 26:54.3
WOMEN’S 5K RESULTS –
7. Sarah Chapman, 17:29.5 // 15. Isabella Christiansen, 17:48.0 // 20. Reilly Revord, 17:56.2 // 22. Jenna Schwartz, 18:01.9 // 23. Mikayla Reed, 18:04.2 // 31. McKenna Revord, 18:13.5 // 33. Allison Newman, 18:14.8 // 58. Abby Hake, 19:16.5 // 61. Andi Bowman, 19:31.6 // 82. Anna Sullentrup, 20:56.7
