Purdue Fort Wayne Cross Country Heads to Bradley for the Pink Classic

Friday, October 18

Peoria, Ill.

2:30 PM ET

Purdue Fort Wayne

Bradley Pink Classic

Faith Allen, Haylee Hile, Lydia Carrell, Ava Genovese

Fath Allen, Haylee Hile, Lydia Carrell, Ava Genovese

Photo by: Josh Gales

Purdue Fort Wayne Cross Country Heads to Bradley for the Pink Classic

10/16/2024 2:45:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Mastodon cross country teams travel to Bradley on Friday (Oct. 18) for the Pink Classic. This will be the first third consecutive season the 'Dons compete in the Bradley Pink Classic.

Meet: Bradley Pink Classic
When: Friday, October 18 | 1:30 p.m. (men 8K) | 2:15 p.m. (women 6K)
Where: Peoria, Ill.
Schools Entered: Bradley, Butler, Chicago State, Cincinnati, Concordia Chicago, Danville Area CC, Dayton, DePaul, Drake, DuPage, Eastern Illinois, Harper, Illinois State, UIC, UIS, Indiana, Indiana State, Iowa, Iowa Western CC, IU Indianapolis, Kansas State, Kentucky, Lindenwood, Loyola-Chicago, Marquette, Michigan, Millikin, Milwaukee, Missouri, Missouri State, Newman, North Central (Ill.), North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Northern Kentucky, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio, Principia, Purdue Fort Wayne, Saint Louis, SIU Edwardsville, Southern Illinois, St. Thomas (Minn.), Supah Silly TC, Tulsa, UCF, Webster, Western Illinois, Wichita State, Green Bay, Wright State, Xavier.
Live Results: Link
Watch: ESPN+

Men's Preview: Purdue Fort Wayne placed 13th in their last meet at Notre Dame's Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 4). Harrison Niswander led the Mastodons as he broke the program's 8K record with a time of 24:35.5, earning 16th in the meet. This record was broken earlier this season when Austin Hall ran a 24:43.9 at the Phoenix Open. Nicholas Mills was the second Purdue Fort Wayne runner to set a personal best at the meet, finishing with a time of 24:59.5 and placing 40th. Hall was the next Mastodon to cross the finish line, finishing 50th (25:08.7). Sam Dunnett placed 90th (25:44.4). Nathan Mills filled out the Purdue Fort Wayne top-five with a time of 25:48.2, earning him 95th.

Men's Entries: Andrew Arnos, Colin Gasson, Tyler Godwin, Jack Mills, Colten Gasson, Boden Genovese, Austin Hall, Kobe Milledge, Nathan Mills, Nicholas Mills, Harrison Niswander, Marcus Ridge.

Women's Preview: Ten Purdue Fort Wayne runners finished with 5K personal bests at Notre Dame's Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 4). The Mastodons placed 11th in the meet. Riley Tate finished with the third best time in program history (17:34.3), earning 14th. Ava Genovese also etched her name on the list, placing eighth (17:56.9) and finishing 26th in the meet. Haylee Hile was the next 'Don to cross the finish line, placing 65th with a time of 18:25.8. Lydia Carrell finished 75th (18:33.3). Kynzlei Bassett topped off the the Purdue Fort Wayne top-5 finishing 85th (18:38.2).

Women's Entries: Haley Sponaugle, Amanda Williams, Faith Allen, Kynzlei Bassett, Lydia Carrell, Ava Genovese, Haylee Hile, Bella Hodges, Faith Norris, Mercedes Sarver, Riley Tate.

Up Next: The Mastodons will revisit Green Bay for the Horizon League Championship (Nov. 2).

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