Sparks, a senior from Canton, Conn., put together a stellar performance at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic/NCAA Pre-National Meet hosted by Spalding University at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky. Sparks set a new Lynchburg program record for eight-kilometer courses, snapping the mark (24:43.00) of eventual national champion Ricky Flynn in 2009. Sparks used a 4:55.10 per-mile pace to post a time of 24:27.0 as the new top mark in the ODAC this season. He finished fourth overall in the national field, less than 16-seconds off the winning time (24:11.4) posted by Simon Heys from Wilmington College (Ohio). Sparks' effort helped Lynchburg to seventh out of 42 competing teams.

BENNETT CUPPS | BRIDGEWATER
So. | Winchester, Va.
 - placed 12th at 28:32.6 (8K) at the ODAC Preview

CLAY KAUFFMAN | EASTERN MENNONITE
Jr. | Broadway, Va.
 - placed 3rd at 27:16.1 (8K) at the ODAC Preview

DOMONIQUE VENEY | FERRUM
Jr. | Kilmarnock, Va.
 - placed 13th at 28:37.7 (8K) at the ODAC Preview

KADE MINTON | HAMPDEN-SYDNEY
Fy. | Wytheville, Va.
 - placed 16th at 28:53.1 (8K) at the ODAC Preview

IZAIAH BURGOS | RANDOLPH
So. | Orlando, Fla.
 - placed 204th at 28:00.9 (8K) at the Live in Lou Classic/NCAA Pre-National Meet

COOPER NEEBLE | ROANOKE
Jr. | Christiansburg, Va.
 - placed 98th at 26:28.7 (8K) at the Live in Lou Classic/NCAA Pre-National Meet

JEREMY ALLINGER | SHENANDOAH
Jr. | Gettysburg, Pa.
 - placed 6th at 27:42.1 (8K) at the ODAC Preview

COLTON SPENCE | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
Jr. | Gloucester, Va.
 - placed 36th at 28:58.2 (8K) at the Don Cathcart Invitational

DREW WOODFOLK | WASHINGTON AND LEE
Sr. | Kingwood, Texas
 - placed 5th at 26:11.10 (8K) in the White Race at the Paul Short Run; W&L won the team title (104) by one point over Catholic