Oct. 1, 2001

VERSAILLES, Ky. –

Aug. 31, 2001

VERSAILLES – The University of Kentucky men’s cross country team started the season with a victory in the Woodland Cross Country Trials while the women’s squad garnered a tie. The Wildcat thinclads competed against the Louisville Cardinals and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

The Wildcat men won with a team score of 26 points compared to EKU’s 30 and U of L’s 80. UK was led by junior Hunter Spencer (Willington, Conn./E.O. Smith) who placed first overall with a time of 16:00.00 in the 5,000 meter run. Sophomore James Doaty (Louisville, Ky./Male) finished third with a time of 16:10.30 while juniors Thomas Morgan (Lexington, Ky./Catholic) and Kevin Panke (Peachtree City, Ga./McIntosh) finished sixth and seventh respectively.

In the women’s two mile run, the Wildcats tied for first with the Colonels with 37 team points apiece. The Cardinals finished third with 51 points. Sophomore Caity Phillips (Bay Village, Ohio/Magnificat) led all runners by posting a time of 11:36.30. Sophomore Karen Wartgow (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere) placed seventh while freshmen Allison Grace (Marble Cliff, Ohio/Grandview Heights) and Valerie Gefert (Concord Twp., Ohio/Mentor) finished eighth and ninth.

“I was pleased with the way they looked running,” said UK Coach Don Weber. “Everyone looked poised out there and we came away from the race without any major aches or pains.”

The cross country team will next run Sept. 15 in Bowling Green, Ky. at the Old Timer’s Invitational.

AGATE: (Top three and UK finishers)

Individual Men - 5,000 meters:
1. Hunter Spencer       Kentucky             16:00.002. Eric Van Ostrand     Eastern Kentucky     16:08.703. James Doaty          Kentucky             16:10.306. Thomas Morgan        Kentucky             16:26.507. Kevin Panke          Kentucky             16:30.709. Justin Amason        Kentucky             16:34.0010. Jack Morgan         Kentucky             16:37.0019. Chad Johnson        Kentucky             17:33.6020. Paul Ciurlys        Kentucky             17:47.6021. Patton Segraves     Kentucky             17:50.70

Team Men:1. Kentucky262. Eastern Kentucky303. Louisville80

Individual Women – 2 mile
1. Caity Phillips Kentucky11:36.302. Tiffany Cartwright Eastern Kentucky11:56.903. Jen Wheeler Eastern Kentucky12:06.907. Karen Wartgow Kentucky12:36.808. Allison Grace Kentucky 12:40.409. Valerie Gefert Kentucky12:42.5012. Beth Heimann Kentucky12:46.0013. April Eaves Kentucky12:46.3015. Jennifer Sauer Kentucky12:51.6018. Candace Leep Kentucky12:59.5025. Stephanie Hendrickson Kentucky13:48.90

Team Women:1. Kentucky371. Eastern Kentucky373. Louisville51