Mentz Places Fifth at Old Timers Classic

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Michael Mentz and David Moore placed in the top 10 in the men’s 5K race at the Western Kentucky Paul Turner Old Timers Classic while Shelly Taylor was ninth in the women’s race.

Mentz, a senior from Bloemfontein, South Africa, placed fifth in a time of 25:29.86, just 33 seconds off the top place finisher, Jacob Korir of Eastern Kentucky while Moore, redshirt freshman, was 15 seconds behind in eighth place. Senior Jeff Taylor and freshman Chris Berry were 13^th and 14^threspectively. Freshman Stuart Chandler was 24^th for the Mocs at 26:39.23.

In the women’s five-mile race, Taylor, a sophomore from Cohutta, Ga., ran a personal best 17:58.25 and junior Katie Williams was 20^th at 18:36.99. Senior Nettie Halcomb and freshman Tara Gietma finished together at 23^rdand 24^th while freshman Jordan Radke was 26^th at 19:01.19

This was an unscored race. The teams will be back in action Sept. 29 at the Greater Louisville Open.

Men’s 5-mile

      5      Michael Mentz                         25:29.86

      8      David Moore                            25:44.86

     13      Jeff Taylor                                26:03.97

     14      Chris Berry                              26:07.60

     24      Stuart Chandler                        26:39.23

     26      Blake Ketron                           26:51.87

     77      Michael Danehy                       29:38.34

Women’s 5-kilometer

      9      Shelley Taylor                          17:58.25PR

     20      Katie Williams                         18:36.99

     23      Nettie Halcomb                        18:51.52

     24      Tara Gietema                           18:52.69

     26      Jordan Radke                          19:01.19

     35      Emily Wood                            19:35.73