Cardinal, Horton Lead Trojans at Weis-Crockett Invitational

STILLWATER, Okla. – Juniors Spencer Cardinal and Matilda Horton each led the Trojans Saturday morning as Little Rock competed at the Weis-Crockett Invitational in Stillwater.
 
Cardinal placed 94^th overall with a team-leading 8K time of 25:04.7 while Horton's 6K time of 22:57.8, which placed her 146^th, is the second-fastest time by an Ohio Valley Conference runner to date.
 
Kyla Lochtefeld also entered the top 10 in the OVC charts as her time of 23:36.7 ranks ninth in the league. Ariana Garcia clocked a personal best time by over 19 seconds, running 24:05.4 while Brooke Walker (24:07.8) and Bailey Cronin (24:57.2) rounded out the top five Trojan women.
 
On the men's side, Zach McPhee followed Cardinal with a time of 25:35.0 to place 136th in the race while Andrew Payton ran 25:44.9 to finish 165^th. Josh Beam notched a new personal best time of 26:29.1 to finish 211^th.
 
The Trojan men finished 24^th overall while the women finished 25^th. Saturday's race marked the final regular season meet of the year for Little Rock with the Ohio Valley Conference Championships coming up in two weeks.
 
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