Six Tigers Set Personal-Bests Saturday

Saturday, September 29

Louisville, Ky.

8 am

University of Memphis

Greater Louisville Classic (M: 8k/W: 5k)

Paige Sandwell, 2018 Women's Cross Country

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Sep 29, 2018 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Greater Louisville Classic (Men's Results/Gold Race)Greater Louisville Classic (Women's Results/Blue Race)

Kamph, Sandwell post top-20 finishes in men's, women's races.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Memphis' Matthew Kamph and Paige Sandwell led a group of six Tigers runners who set career-bests in the 2018 Greater Louisville Classic Saturday. The Classic was held at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, the site of the 2012, 2015 and 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

The Tigers men's squad ran in the Classic's 8k Gold Race, the event's most competitive section, and placed 16^th. Sandwell competed in the women's 5k Blue Race Saturday.

Five men's performers set personal-bests, with each runner improving his 8k time by over 40 seconds. Sandwell shaved 17 seconds off her previous-best 5k time.

Matthew Kamph was the men's top finisher in 20^thplace (24:31.4). It was the seventh top-25 performance of his career.

Up Next
Memphis is off from competition next week and returns to the course Oct. 12 in UAB's Blazer Classic.

Tigers Tidbits

Junior Paige Sandwell's 18:23.5 time Saturday improved her previous-best by 17 seconds. Her previous-best 5k time of 18:40.9 came in the 2017 Greater Louisville Classic.
Sandwell also shaved more than a minute (1:02.8) off the time she posted as a freshman (19:26.3) in the 2016 Greater Louisville Classic.
Sandwell posted her second-straight top-15 finish in the Greater Louisville Classic. She placed 10^thin last year's race.
Sandwell's 13^th-place finish was the eighth top-25 performance of her career.
Matthew Kamph's 8k time of 24:31.4 shaved more than 40 seconds off his previous-best. Kamph's previous-best 8k time was 25:13.0 in last year's Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Freshmen Payton Gleason, Zachary Wyatt and Christian Corsello were among the squad's top-five finishers and contributed to the team score. All three improved their 8k times. Gleason made the biggest jump with a nearly 54-second improvement (53.7). Wyatt bettered his time by more than 45 seconds (47.9), and Corsello by more than 40 seconds (42.3).
Freshman Brendan Hill had the second-best improved 8k time Saturday. He shaved 50 seconds (50.4) off his previous-best time with a 27:18.9 run in the Greater Louisville Classic.
Freshman Lucas Finton finished the first collegiate 8k run of his career Saturday.

2018 Greater Louisville Classic Results

Memphis Women's Team (5k) : No Team Score

Place	Name	Time
13	Paige Sandwell	18:23.5

Memphis Men's Team (8k): 16^th(423 points)

Place	Name	Time
20	Matt Kamph	24:31.4
63	Payton Gleason	25:10.1
65	Zachary Wyatt	25:13.8
96	Matthew Viveiros	25:36.2
179	Christian Corsello	26:47.1
180	Lucas Finton	26:53.3
187	Brendan Hill	27:18.9