EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The Bellarmine Women's and Men's Cross Country teams opened with second and third place finishes in their season-opening meet at the University of Southern Indiana's Stegemoller Classic in Evansville, Ind.

Southern Indiana won the women's competition with a team time of 1:12:49.  Bellarmine's top finisher was sophomore Carissa Martin, who finished eighth overall with a time 15:11.  Rend Lake and St. Mary-Of-The-Woods also competed.

Mary Ballinger of Southern Indiana won the individual crown with a time of 13:51.  Also finishing in the top ten for Bellarmine was junior Meghan Shagena with a time of 15:16.

Rend Lake won the men's meet as three of their five runners finished in the top five of the field for a final team time of 1:32:59.  Bellarmine earned third place with a team time of 1:36:03.  Sophomore Jordan Parayil was their top finisher with a time of 18:49.  The individual winner of the meet for the men was Stephen Sambu from Rend Lake with a time of 17:54.

The Cross Country team will run again Saturday, Sept. 12 in the Queen City Invitational in Cincinnati at 9 a.m.

  3.    69  Bellarmine                  (  19:12.8  1:36:03.6)
==========================================
  1      6  Jordan Parayil     M   18:49.6
  2     10  Justin Smith       M   19:00.4
  3     16  Alex Jones         M   19:18.3
  4     18  Guy Vandermosten   M   19:26.6
  5     19  Justin Hodge       M   19:28.7
  6   (20) Neal Masterson     M   19:32.7
  7   (23) Dan Coats          M   19:54.5

Complete Results