XC Heads to Nashville for Commodore Classic

HATTIESBURG, Miss.– The Southern Miss Cross Country team heads to Nashville, Tenn. to compete in Vanderbilt University's Commodore Classic on Saturday.

Commodore Classic
The last time Southern Miss had student-athletes compete in Vanderbilt's annual cross country meet was in 2013, where two runners placed in the top 15 and the team finished sixth overall out of 21 Division I teams with a score of 190.

Last Time Out
The Golden Eagles are coming off a first-place finish at the Mississippi College Opener in the 5k with four runners placing in the top five.

Emma Kate Holdbrooks led the team with a second-place finish and a time of 18:23.15, a new personal best for the redshirt sophomore. Monika Gebarzewska and Regen McGee weren't far behind, placing third and fourth with times of 18:46.34 and 18:48.0, respectively.

Quotable – Aaron Kindt
"We've had a great block of training since the opener and I feel good about where we are in our training coming into this meet. We're excited and want to see where we stack up against our opponents at this meet. There are some traditional power schools competing as well as some highly ranked teams from other regions such as Ohio State, Louisville, Eastern Kentucky and Illinois. We'll also get to see some teams from Conference USA compete. This will be an exciting challenge for the team early on in the season."

The Breakdown
Traveling to Nashville are 10 student-athletes from the roster. Madeleine Bell, Monika Gebarzewska, Theresa Harto, Emma Kate Holdbrooks, Victoria Hoppe, Lina May, Kate Mattox, Regen McGee, Sandra Szpott and Chloe Tedder will all be running on Saturday. This is Szpott's first meet with the Golden Eagles.

Schools set to compete are Belmont, Chattanooga, Clemson, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois, Lipscomb, Louisville, Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Murray State, Ohio State, Samford, Southern Illinois, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UAB, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Xavier (Ohio).

The Golden Eagles remain at the No. 10 spot in the regional rankings for the south region in the polls through week one.

Follow Along
Live results will be available via Vanderbilt University and can be found here. Following the meet, final results and a recap will be posted to SouthernMiss.com. The Golden Eagles finishes will also be posted to social media, which fans are encouraged to follow on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

XC Heads to Nashville for Commodore Classic

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Players Mentioned

Madeleine Bell

Monika Gebarzewska

Theresa Harto

Emma Kate Holdbrooks

Victoria Hoppe

Kate Mattox

Lina May

Regen McGee

Sandra Szpott

Chloe Tedder