LOUISVILLE, Ky. (10/4/2025) -- Freshman Colin Murray lowered his 8k for the third straight race, and five Titans clocked new career marks as the University of Detroit Mercy men's cross country team competed in the 24th Annual Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic on Saturday. 

As a team, the Titans were 17th with 506 points in the 8k race at EP "Tom" Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

Murray recorded a season-best 24:40 for 44th, the best rookie time and the third-best time ever for a Titan at the event, behind only Ben Kendell's 24:15 in 2016 and 23:54 in 2018. He also moved to fourth all time in school history in the 8k. 

Senior Joshua Otten took 57th in 24:52, becoming just the second Titan to have to sub-25 runs at Louisville, while junior Christopher Russelburg posted a personal record by over 20 seconds in placing 96th with a 25:19, 12th in the school record book. 

Sophomore Ryan Belanger just missed a PR as he was 167th in 25:45, and sophomore Nicholas Yaquinto tallied a career-best 25:49 for 176th.

Junior Kenyon Popiel finished with a career-low 26:23 for 229th, and senior Nicholas Fringer ended with a career-best 26:24 for 231st. 

UDM will now have one more race before the postseason as the red, white and blue head to upstate New York for the Canisius Alumni Classic on Oct. 18.