Sept. 4, 1999

VERSAILLES, Ky. – The University of Kentucky men?s cross country team beat out both EasternKentucky and Louisville at the Woodford Cross Country Trials, the firstmeet of the 1999 season. Kevin O?Connor, a freshman from Mansfield, Conn.,won his first collegiate race with a time of 16:07.

Kentucky?s top five finishers were all freshmen: O?Connor, Hunter Spencer(4th), Thomas Morgan (9th), Nate Hensley (10th) and David Hall (14th). The5,000-meter run was Spencer?s first cross country meet ever. The men?s team beat Eastern Kentucky by only two points, 37-35. Louisvillefinished the meet with 51 points.

The Kentucky women finished third in the meet. Marie Patton finished herfirst collegiate two-mile race with a time of 12:16, placing sixth.

The cross country teams will see their next action in two weeks at theVanderbilt Pre-SEC meet in Nashville on Sept. 18.