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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men’s and women’s cross country teams hosted Kentucky and Marshall at the Colonels’ home meet on Friday at the Wood Chip Trail. Kentucky won both the men’s and women’s races while EKU took second in both.

The meet operated in a relay format and saw each male runner run two two-mile legs and each female runner run three one-mile legs.

Kentucky’s Matt Sonnenfeldt won the men’s race with an overall time of 19:02.1

EKU senior Stanley Mugo took third with a time of 19:22.6. Junior college transfer Wesley Ruttoh (19:36.3) and sophomore David Mutuse (19:37.0) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, while sophomore Alex Dreyer (20:07.9), junior David Willis (20:18.0) and senior Elkana Kurgat (20:21.) placed 11th, 12th and 13th, respectively.

In the women’s race, Kentucky’s Chelsea Oswald won with a time of 15:54.6

Freshman Picoty Leitich was the Colonels’ top finisher, placing fourth with a time of 16:52.9. Junior Katherine Pagano, the women’s top runner from a year ago, finished fifth in 17:00.0. Junior Ashli Joseph (17:28.0) and sophomore Danielle Mason (17:29.4) placed 12th and 13th, respectively.

The men’s cross country team returns to action on Sept. 19 when it travels to Bowling Green for the WKU Old Timers Classic. The women’s team runs the same day at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic in Nashville.