PEORIA, Ill. — Northern Kentucky men's and women's cross country competed in a pair of different races on Friday, one of which being the Bradley "Pink" Classic in Illinois and the other being the JennaStrong CC Fall Classic in Wilmington, Ohio. 

THE BASICS

RESULTS: Men (BPC Red Race): 26th (715) | Women (BPC Red Race): 31st (903) | Men (Jenna Strong CC 8k): 12th (312) | Women (JennaStrong CC 5k): 4th (149)

LOCATION: Peoria, Illinois | Wilmington, Ohio

MEET: Bradley "Pink" Classic | JennaStrong CC Fall Classic

NOTABLES - WOMEN (JENNASTRONG CC FALL CLASSIC)

• Lauren Man crossed the finish line first among the NKU runners in 15th place with a time of 19:30.9. Not far behind was Chloe Boa, who finished in 19th (19:34.0).
• Abby Slife finished 40th (20:15.8), with Emma Greely finishing 46th (20:30.5). 
• Shelby Bastin, Julia Hageman and Chloe Johnson ran for Northern Kentucky as well in Wilmington.

NOTABLES - MEN (JENNASTRONG CC FALL CLASSIC)

• Noah Pease was the first Norse across the finish line in the 8k, finishing with a time of 27:21.8. Gregory Beard finished 69th, four spots behind Pease with a time of 27:32.3. 
• Nicholas Costas was third on the Norse with a time of 27:57.8. Preston Winiger finished 99th (28:17.4). 
• Brayden Rice, Damien Dixon, EJ Schneider and Austin Hawkins ran as well. 

NOTABLES - MEN (BRADLEY "PINK" CLASSIC)

• Colton O'Hara led the men in the 8k, finishing 35th overall with a time of 24:24.29. O'Hara finished ahead of student-athletes from Kentucky, Cincinnati, Iowa, Michigan and Kansas State. 
• Summit Northrup finished with a time of 25:59.26, crossing the finish line second amongst the Norse. 
• Owen Mathews was next (26:04.90) followed by Samsun Weldemichael (26:20.67).
• Jacob Messer, Nathan Ruth, Bryan Stoltzfus, Robert Wilke, and Stetson Childress ran for NKU as well. 

NOTABLES - WOMEN (BRADLEY "PINK" CLASSIC)

• Brittany Arnold continued her great start to her collegiate career, and was the first Norse to cross the finish line, running the 6k in 22:56.80.
• Not far behind was Grace Biddle, who finished with a time of 22:57.40. 
• Kaitlyn Strange was the third to finish for NU at 23:21.90, with Macie Radcliffe fourth at 23:30.16. Julia Verhoff crossed just five seconds later. 
• Allie Atchley, Carlie Condit, Hope Erbach, and Erica Durst also ran for the Norse. 

UP NEXT

• The Norse men & women will next compete at the Horizon League Championship on November 2nd in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

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