Musketeers Wrap Up Regular-Season Action at Bradley Pink Classic

Friday, October 15

Peoria, Ill.

2:30 p.m. ET

Xavier University

Bradley Pink Classic

Musketeers Wrap Up Regular-Season Action at Bradley Pink Classic

10.14.21 | Cross Country

Live Results

The meet is being held at Newman Golf Course

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier cross country continues its fall season on Friday, Oct. 15 at the Bradley Pink Classic. The meet is being held at Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill.

The women's team is competing in the Red Invite Race, while the men's team will have runners in both the White Race and the Red Invite Race.

BRADLEY PINK CLASSIC

Date: Friday, Oct. 15
Location: Peoria, Ill. | Newman Golf Course
Race Distances: Women's 6K, Men's 8K
Live Results: bit.ly/3vfV8Ll

MEET SCHEDULE
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's White Race
3:15 p.m. ET - Men's White Race
4 p.m. ET - Women's Red Race
4:45 p.m. ET - Men's Red Race

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
WOMEN
37 teams including BIG EAST members Marquette, DePaul and Creighton

MEN
30 teams including BIG EAST members Marquette, DePaul and Creighton

XAVIER LINEUP
WOMEN (RED INVITE RACE)
Allyson Arellano, Sarah Been, Rachel Butler, Jenna Clayworth, Parker Hopkins, Sydney Kapral, Hannah Russell, Emily Sienna, Sydny Warner

MEN (RED INVITE RACE)
Drew Allen, Will Garey, Brady Harless, Lucas Houk, Colin Lantz, Trevor Nolan, Paul Stamm, Adrian Stuphan

MEN (WHITE RACE)
Noah Kells, Jake Prestileo, Grant Wilson

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier competed at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 2. The meet was held at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.

• The women placed 34th (out of 44 teams) in the Gold 5K Race, while the men took 17th (out of 32 teams) in the Blue 8K Race.

• Rachel Butler paced the women's team with a ninth-place finish, posting a time of 16:50.50 - the second fastest 5K time in school history.

• Brady Harless led the men with a fifth-place finish, recording a time of 24:50.80 - the seventh fastest 8K time in school history. Paul Stamm placed eighth in a time of 24:56.40, the 10th fastest 8K time in program history.

NOTABLES

• The Musketeers only competed in one meet last season due to COVID-19 restrictions. Xavier raced at the BIG EAST Championships on March 5 at WakeMed Soccer Park Field in Cary, N.C.

• In women's cross country, Xavier returns three of its top-five finishers from a team that placed eighth at the 2021 BIG EAST Championships (Spring Season): Courtney Klatt (34th - 21:53.40), Hannah Russell (45th - 22:30.70) and Sarah Been (46th - 22:32.50).

• In men's cross country, Xavier returns four of its top-five finishers from a team that placed ninth at the 2021 BIG EAST Championships (Spring Season): Brady Harless (44th - 24:59.90), Lucas Houk (51st - 25:34.30), Noah Douthit (56th - 25:52.00) and Adrian Stuphan (59th - 26:10.30).

COACH BURROUGHS

• Sam Burroughs was named the new head coach for cross country/track and field on Jan. 4, 2021. He joined the Musketeers after previously working as associate head coach at Cincinnati from 2013-20.

• Burroughs has over 20 years of collegiate experience. He has coached 96 individual conference champions and 45 individual NCAA qualifiers, while leading 18 teams to conference championship titles.

COACH ETHRIDGE

• Lauren Etheridge was named assistant coach for the cross country and track and field programs in August of 2021. She was previously the head cross country coach at USC Aiken from 2019-21.

• In the spring of 2021, she guided the women's cross country team to an eighth-place finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championships – the team's highest finish since 2011. She restarted the program in 2019 after a one-year hiatus (the women did not have a team in 2018).

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action at the BIG EAST Championships on Friday, Oct. 29. The meet is being held at the Northview Church XC Course in Carmel, Ind.