LOUISVILLE, KY—The High Point University Men's Cross-Country team finished in 15th place with a team score of 425 on Friday morning at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, KY. Hocine Bouchrak was the top finisher for the Panthers placing 42nd at the regional race with a time of 30:29.8, which was a personal best of 5 seconds.  Wake Forest won the Southeast Regional with a team score of 47.    
 
Mike Esposito: "We always talk about facts vs dreams and the facts are this is where we are right now. I thought Spencer really showed some life and we engaged better early but we have to get better. All in all it was not a disappointing day it was a par performance. I feel bad for Hocine, he certainly expected to be up there higher but by and large there were some great positives. We engaged better we just got get a little swagger about us and we will. "
 
Panther Particulars
 
Bouchrak led the way for HPU as he has in each race this season for HPU.  Bouchrak made his major of the race between the 3k mark and the 5k mark when he improved from 59th to 46th place.  Bouchrak split his final 1k in 2:54.7 to finish in 42nd overall.  The second scorer for the Panthers was Spencer Smucker who finished in 64th overall, with a time of 31:01.6, which was a personal best of 44 seconds.  Smucker jumped 18 spots between the 4k and 6k mark of the race.  The third scorer for the Panthers was Hunter Steinau who finished in 105th place with a time of 31:50.5.  This was Steinau's first 10k of his career and his first appearance at the NCAA Southeast Regionals.  The fourth scorer for the Panthers was Ian Miller, who finished in 107th place, with a time of 31:51.9, which was a personal of 55 seconds.  Miller improved thirteen places between the 5k mark and the finish.  The final scorer for the Panthers was Stephen Gray, who finished in 132th place, with a time of 32:18.2.    
 
Also, Jake Tarosky finished in 186th place with a time of 34:03.4 and Rayan Vanderpoorten was unable to finish the race.  The Panthers completed their season in Louisville placing in the NCAA Southeast Regional after winning their fifth straight Big South title two weeks ago.