Oct. 13, 2012

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky women’s cross country team produced a 12^th-place performance behind both Cally Macumber and Chelsea Oswald’s top-25 individual finishes at NCAA Pre-Nationals on Saturday.

Macumber raced across the challenging E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park 6,000 meter course in 20:09.00 to notch her fourth top-10 finish in as many meets this season.

Oswald joined her teammate among the elite finishers with a time of 20:32.70. The senior now has a top-25 result to her name at all four competitions so far in 2012.

Anna Bostrom also showed off eye-catching form stopping the clock at 20:59.10 to round out the top-50 performers from UK. Allison Peare crossed the line with an 81^st-place time 21:25.80.

The Wildcats impressed overall against numerous national-ranked teams testing the NCAA Championships host site.

“The ladies ran solid today,” women’s cross country coach Hakon DeVries said. “We lacked a little depth and that hurt us in a field of this caliber. Cally and Chelsea were very good for us up front and Anna Bostrom had a fantastic breakout race. The SEC Championships will be an exciting day.”

Luis Orta led the UK men with a 30^th-place time of 23:53.40 lowering his previous season-best 8K performance by more than 13 seconds. The Wildcats finished in 12^th-place overall.

The next Wildcats to finish the men’s race were Adam Kahleifeh in 119th (24:37.80),
Walter Luttrell in 120^th (24:37.80) and Stacey Eden in 169^th (25.01.40).

The Kentucky cross country teams return to action on Oct. 26 for the SEC Championships in Nashville, Tenn.

For all UK cross country news go to UKathletics.com, and follow the Wildcats on Twitter and Instagram @KentuckyTrack.

NCAA Pre-Nationals

E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park

Louisville, Ky. | Oct. 13, 2012

Women’s Team Results (6K):
1. Florida State – 72
2. Oregon – 87
3. Michigan – 141
12. Kentucky – 338

Men’s Team Results (8K):
1 Colorado – 72
2. BYU – 127
3. Oregon – 152
25. Kentucky – 642

Kentucky Women’s Individual Results (overall finish):
8. Cally Macumber – 20:09.00
23. Chelsea Oswald – 20:32.70
43. Anna Bostrom – 20:59.10
81. Allison Peare –  21:25.80
183. Hiruni Wijayaratne – 22:20.90
200. Katherine Doyle – 22:36.50
253. Megan Wright – 23:50.70

Kentucky Men’s Individual Results (overall finish):
30. Luis Orta – 23:53.40
119. Adam Kahleifeh – 24:37.80
120. Walter Luttrell – 24:37.80
169. Stacey Eden – 25.01.40
204. Mackay Wilson – 25:18.80
231. Matt Hillenbrand – 24:40.80
268. James Brown – 26:56.0