RESULTS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Lee University men's cross country team placed second out of 25 teams in the 8K Gold Race of the Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic Saturday morning at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park. The Flames recorded two of the three top finishers and added a third among the first seven to cross the finish line.

West Texas A&M, ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division II, was the top team with 36 points. The Buffs placed their five scorers in the top 11, including individual winner Meshak Keter who completed the race at 23:33.4.

The seventh-ranked Flames collected 47 points for second place. North Central (Ill.) landed in third place with 159 points. Rounding out the top five were University of the Cumberlands (160) and Western Kentucky (212). GSC foes Mississippi Christian placed eighth (274), AUM was 10^th (313) and Union University finished 15^th (414).

The Lee men posted the program's fastest average team time at the Louisville competition. Their average time of 24:05.5 cut off 13.1 seconds from the previous best of 24:18.6 set in 2024.
Pierre Chauveau was Lee's top finisher at No. 2 overall with a time of 23:42.2. Stephen Clark was close behind in third place at 23:45.9, while Tucker Wright made it three Flames in the top 10 with a seventh place finishing time of 24:02.1.

Kylian Boulanger finished 14^th overall after stopping the clock at 24:14.5. His time was the fastest ever recorded by a Lee freshman at the Louisville Cross Country Classic.

Chris Ross completed the Lee scoring at 24:26.4 to finish 21^st. Ryan Lovelace and Parker Campbell were the Lee spacers. Lovelace placed 26^th (24:33.9) and Campbell was 30^th (24:39.5).

Sam Nesbitt's time of 24:53.3 put him in 40^th position. Jayden Allred finished 52^nd at 25:05.2 and Conner Campbell was 63^rd (25:14.4). Nathan Fontan was 78^th (25:24.5), Ben Flanigan finished 91^st (25:32.5), CJ Jeffords placed 94^th (25:34.7) and William Adkins claimed 99^th (25:38.3). Freshman Joshua Koos was the final Lee finisher at 224^th with a time of 27:29.4.

The Flames will have a few weeks off before returning to action on October 24 at the UAH Chargers XC Invite. The 8K race will be held at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama.