 | | | 2014 Greater Louisville Classic
E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park • Louisville, Ky. • Distance: 8 Kilometers
Complete Results 
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Team Results
| | 1. | Wisconsin | 56 | | 2. | Mississippi | 111 | | 3. | Missouri | 125 | | 4. | Virginia Tech | 156 | | 5. | Middle Tennessee State | 159 | | |
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Oct. 4, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The No. 11-ranked Wisconsin men's cross country earned its second victory of the season on Saturday, running away with the competition at the Greater Louisville Classic behind a big team showing and stellar individual performances.
UW topped the 28-team field with 56 points, with five Badgers finishing in the top 20 at the 8-kilomenter E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park course in Louisville, Kentucky. Mississippi tallied 111 points to finish runner-up, while Missouri capped off the top three with 125 points.
| Fast Facts | | • Wisconsin earns second victory of season | | • Schrobilgen leads way with second-place finish | | • Four Badgers set career-best times | |
"It was a nice win for the men's team," Wisconsin Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Mick Byrne said. "I expected Malachy (Schrobilgen) and Michael (Van Voorhis) to lead our team today. Before the race I told the younger guys they needed to be a solid supporting cast today. Carl (Hirsch) and Ryan (Kromer), both redshirt freshmen, rose to the occasion as did Joey (McAsey) and Russ (Sandvold)."
Leading the way for UW was sophomore Malachy Schrobilgen, who in his season debut took second place among the 250-runner field with a time of 23 minutes, 48.36 seconds.
Senior Michael Van Voorhis - also making his season debut - ran to a 10th-place finish with 24:05.28. Redshirt freshman Carl Hirsch crossed the finish line just after Van Voorhis in 12th place, setting a new career-best time of 24:18.88.
Additionally, redshirt freshman Ryan Kromer finished 17th behind a career-best time of 24:30.60, while sophomore Joe McAsey rounded out the Badgers' scoring roster in 20th place with a personal-best time of 24:32.49.
Sophomore Russell Sandvold closed out the competition for Wisconsin, taking 47th with a career-best time of 24.57.67.
"Each of the young runners became Badgers today," Byrne said. "All any coach can ask from their team is to run `Badger Tough' and that's what these guys did today. I believe we're in a good spot right now heading into the adidas meet in two weeks."
The Badgers race again Friday, Oct. 17, when they return home to host the sixth-annual Wisconsin adidas Invitational at Zimmer Championship Course.
