Kentucky cross-country traveled to Missouri on Friday to compete in the Gans Creek Classic where Kentucky sophomore Ed Bird took home his first win of his collegiate career, finishing first in the men’s Division-I 8-kilometer, setting a new course record in the process.
Bird, a Dorchester, England, native, crushed the course record in his first race of the 2024 season by nearly 30 seconds, finishing with a time of 23:07.6. Bird also topped his former personal best of 24:11.7 by over a minute.
“I’m obviously ecstatic with Ed’s race,” assistant coach Hakon DeVries said to UK Athletics.