Florida Atlantic University Athletics
8/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Aug. 5, 2008
BOCA RATON, FL - Florida Atlantic University Cross Country Head Coach Alex Smolka has released the men's and women's team 2008 schedule. The team will return 11 of the 14 runners who participated at last year's NCAA Regional, including top finishers Friederike Feil (women) and Taylor Reeves (men).
The men and women will kick off the season at the Greentree Invitational, hosted by the University of Miami, on Friday, September 5. FAU will return to the Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday, September 20, which will take place at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Tallahassee will be the next stop for the Owls, when they take part in the Florida State University Invitational on Saturday, September 27.
FAU's team will make its only regular season trip outside of Florida on Sunday, October 5, when they travel to Auburn University in Alabama to participate in the Tiger Invitational. The team will then travel to the Disney Classic, hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports, on Saturday, October 11 in Orlando. The Owls' final regular season meet will be the Hatter Invitational on Friday, October 17, hosted by Stetson University in Deland.
Western Kentucky University will host the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships for the second year in a row on . The women finished fifth and the men finished ninth at the championships last season. The FAU team will then travel to the University of Tennessee, as it hosts the NCAA South Regional meet on Saturday, November 15.
For more information, visit www.fausports.com.
