LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Competing among 23 Division I teams at the Live In Lou Classic Saturday morning, eight of which are regionally ranked, the ninth-ranked University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's cross country team finished seventh out of 27 total teams.  The Mountain Lions scored 186 points, besting 18 Division I programs.  The only Division II team to top UCCS was No. 13 West Texas A&M University with 147 points for a fourth-place finish.  Back home in Colorado Springs, several Mountain Lions competed in the Colorado College Ted Castaneda Classic.  UCCS posted a second team finish in the eight-team meet.
 
INSIDE THE LIVE IN LOU CLASSIC

• Course: E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park
• Location: Louisville, Ky.
• Course Length: 5k
• Elevation: 679'

 
INSIDE THE CC TED CASTANEDA CLASSIC

• Course: Monument Valley Park
• Location: Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Course Length: 6k
• Elevation: 6,109'

AROUND THE COURSE

• Anna Fauske crossed the finish line in 10^th place overall, setting a new personal best 5k time in 17:02.8.  Three spots behind Fauske and just four seconds off from recording a new personal best time was Kate Hedlund with a mark of 17:15.0.
• Emma Montoya and Kaya Pillivant both notched their fastest 5k times of their career Saturday morning.  Montoya posted a 49^th place finish in 17:53.4 followed by Pillivant's 56^th place in 17:56.7.
• Crossing the finish line with in two-tenths of a second of each other were Molly Breuer and Madison Brosig, clocking times of 18:00.1 and 18:00.3 to finish 61^st and 63^rd overall, respectively.
• At Monument Valley Park in the CC Castaneda Classic, the trio of Madison Chavez (ninth place, 22:49.8), Abby Bartel (12^th place, 22:59.3) and Maddie Ruszkiewicz (13^th place, 22:57.7) paced the Mountain Lions to a second-place team finish.

                       
RACE LEADERS

• West Virgina University won the team title behind 36 points.  WV's Ceili McCabe won the 263-runner race in 16:06.0.
• Colorado College won their home meet with a perfect score (15 points).  Alison Mueller-Hickler led all 58 runners with a 6k time of 22:17.6.

 
BEYOND THE FINISH LINE

• Lida Padgett competed in her first race in a Mountain Lion uniform, posting a 5k time of 18:17.2 to finish 83^rd overall at the Live in Lou Classic.
• Graduate student Kate Hedlund competed in her first race of the season, nearly setting a new 5k career time.
• Chavez, Bartel and Ruszkiewicz all captured career best times, as did Kaley Fergus with a mark of 24:52.4.

 
UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will run their last regular season race on Friday, Oct. 11 at the UCCS XC Open at Monument Valley Park.  The men's race will begin at 9 a.m. followed by the women's race at 9:45 a.m.

 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.