LOUISVILLE, KY - Spalding's Men's and Women's Cross Country team competes in the SLIAC XC Championship meet.

TURNING POINT
 
The Golden Eagles start off their postseason on a warm, late morning in the last weekend of October. The team of two men comprised of Wyatt Frye and Peter McGowan set off first at 11:00 a.m. racing the 8k distance. The race started off in a big pack off the line Saturday morning with Frye in the front pack being led by Estrada from Greenville. McGowan eventually lead the chase pack no more than 20-30 meters back. Halfway through the race, Estrada has a strong lead and the race is ultimately strung out and the race was decided by that point. By the end of the race, Frye led the Golden Eagles by coming in 13th place in a time of 28:14.6, and McGowan finished in 18th place navigating the course in a time of 29:23.8.

For the women's race, they went off less than an hour later than when the men did at 11:55 and raced the 6k distance. The Golden Eagles only had one runner entered and that athlete was Lexie Barthmaier. The women's started off just as hot as the men did. With the favorite, Williams from Webster took the lead and maintained it throughout the entire race. But Barthmaier raced well en route to a new personal best of 28:29.7 for the season.

GOLDEN EAGLE NOTES

• Frye and Barthmaier both earned second-team all-conference honors.
• Barthmaier and McGowan earned All-sportsmanship team honors.

 
NEXT FOR SPALDING

The Golden Eagles will be back on the road for the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals on Saturday November 12th being hosted by Hope University in Holland, Michigan. The Racing Eagles set to go off at 11:00 AM EST racing the 6k distance for the women's and 12:00 PM EST racing the 8k distance for the men's

Meet Results
Men:
1st: Greenville 16
2nd: Webster 70
3rd: Principia 93
4th: Fontbonne 112
5th: Eureka 113
6th: Westminster (MO) 139
7th: Blackburn 163

Women:
1st: Greenville 24
2nd: Eureka 68
3rd: Principia 71
4th: Webster 80
5th: Blackburn 128