ALC Cross Country Participates in Prestigious 2023 Louisville Classic
Louisville, KY: The women and men's cross-country teams traveled to Louisville to compete in one of the country's largest and most prestigious meets, the Louisville Classic. There were actually three separate college meets, broken down by division, level, and time.
To show how renowned this event is, in the 'College Silver" division, which was comprised of runners from various levels of NCAA, NAIA, and NCCAA squads, a total of 411 women's runners and 407 men's runners formed the field for the 5K (3.1 mile) women's race and 8K (5 mile) men's race. The numbers were very impressive as was the quality of the competition. Alice Lloyd women's competitors faced runners from 58 different colleges and the men's competitors faced 55 different squads.
The course was largely flat terrain with only a small slope in places, and was made for good runners. Louisville frequently hosts the NCAA DI National Cross-Country Championship, so obviously, the Eagle runners were motivated to see how they stacked up against some of the finest runners from across the country, from all different levels, on a great course.
On the day, the ladies were led once more by Sara Cecil (22:20), who crossed the finish line in 231st position. Completing the team's day was Kaitlynn Ratliff (22:44) who finished in 264th place.
In the men's event, Collin Ramey represented the squad and crossed the line in 36:25. This earned him 407th place overall.
Links to results:
Men's Meet results: https://results.flashresults.com/2023_09-29_LouisvilleClassic/005-1_compiled.htm
Women's results: https://results.flashresults.com/2023_09-29_LouisvilleClassic/006-1_compiled.htm