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 13th and 14threspectively. Freshman Stuart Chandler was 24th 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 20th at 18:36.99. Senior Nettie Halcomb and freshman Tara Gietma finished together at 23rdand 24th while freshman Jordan Radke was 26th 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
