Hilary Cebulko, Tiger cross country coach, signed a couple of male runners recently, both with local connections.

Signing letters of intent were Bradley Harris and Stephen Adams from Campbellsville and Taylor County highs, respectively.

Andrew Simmons of Daviess County High School in Owensboro, Ky., recently signed to run men's cross country and track and field at Campbellsville University. He is the first men's distance runner signed for 2010 by new cross country head coach Hilary Cebulko.

He finished 27th overall at the 2009 Kentucky State Cross Country Meet. His best time in a 5K is 16:36. In track, his personal records are 10:07 for the 2-mile and 4:45 in the mile.

Geovanni Popoca finished one second out of the Top 15 and just shy of being an All-American in the National Christian College Athletic Association Cross Country Championship. His time of 26:51 was 17^th overall and led Campbellsville University to a 10^th place finish out of 23 teams.

Popoca was followed by the same runners who followed him at Cerritos College in California the previous two years, as Qualaun Reed was 68^th with a time of 29:06, Armando Pina ran 29:18 for 76^th place and Dashan Craft was 79^th with a time of 29:25.

Campbellsville University, running short-handed, according to their coach "for several reasons", finished fourth in the eight-team Mid-South Conference meet Saturday at Louisville's Tom Sawyer Park.

Geovanni Popoca, a junior from Valencia, Calif., qualified for nationals in Vancouver, Wash. by virtue of his ninth place (27:50) overall finish. Popoca was also named to the All-Conference team.