Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Florida Atlantic
Florida State Invitational
9/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 28, 2008
BOCA RATON, FL - Friederike Feil and Taylor Reeves set the school records in the women's 5K and the men's 8K, respectively at the FSU Invitational on Saturday.
Reeves set the school record in the men's 8K finishing 2nd in 25:43.07. It is the second time this season that Reeves has set the school record in the event. Timothy Haines was the next highest finisher for FAU, crossing the finish line in 26:49.13 for 25th place. Eric Dansky's time of 27:02.06, earned him 35th place. Stephen Dassin (27:26.14/48th) and Jay Salois (27:30.15/50th) rounded out the scoring for the men. Sean Buono finished in 58th place in 27:51.55, followed closely by Jordan Dopkins (27:52.38/60th). Mohammed Razib placed 64th in 28:05.43 as an unattached runner. Brandon Berwick (29:02.54), running unattached, and Ryan McCann (29:17.37), finished 73rd and 74th respectively, as nine runners set personal records.
The women's team was also successful as they had five runners set personal records including Friederike Feil winning the women's 5K in 17:43.53, running unattached. Lindsay Lucas finished 11th in 18:36.58. Toni Shae Jackson finished in 19:43.31 to take 41st. Patricia Gumbs (20:10.71/47th) and Charlene Luxama (20:18.52/49th) were among the runners to set personal bests. Deanna Loafman (21:48.55/74th) was the final runner to score for the Owls. Monica Murillo ran well in her first meet of the season, finishing 92nd in 23:09.41.
"Our goal is to improve every time out and with 14 runners setting personal records, this is certainly a big step in that direction," said head cross country coach Alex Smolka.
The Owls return to action next weekend when they travel to Auburn, AL to participate in the Tiger Invitational.
