Cross Country Turns Eye to Postseason after Completing USF Invite

Friday, October 14

Tampa, Fla.

5:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

USF Invitational

Cross Country Turns Eye to Postseason after Completing USF Invite

10/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Oct. 14, 2016

Men's Results

Women's Results

TAMPA, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country put a bow on the 2016 regular season with the conclusion of Friday night's USF Invitational.

Men's Notables:

The men saw Jonathan Werble cross the finish line first, in 27th, running the 8K in 27:46
A parliament of Owls finished in quick succession: Conor Fitzgerald (35th, 28:17), Lachlan Shiver (36th, 28:21) and John Marting (38th, 28:28)
Ross Rabalais (29:28.74) and Cory Moogerfeld (29:29.51) nearly had a photo finish

Women's Notables:

The women had two individuals finish in the top 15 and two more in the top 30, running an average time of 19:33 and finishing fourth out of nine Division I teams (and 17 teams overall)
Pacing the squad was Liz Wellman, 11th with a time of 19:04, while coming in 14th was Christina Schultz, just behind her teammate at 19:13
Bethany Hardcastle was just outside of the 20 top finishers, 22nd at 19:33
Chloe Sell was 29th (19:53) while Sophia Clark came in in 31st (20:02)

Quotable:

"While the long drive on race day wasn't ideal, we were able to beat a number of Division I schools and had several people run personal bests," said Head Coach Alex Smolka. "Overall, things are looking good for C-USA Championship in two weeks!"

What's Next:

The Conference USA Championship is next, held in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, with the women running at 9 a.m. and the men going off at 10. More info on the meet can be found at http://conferenceusa.com/tournaments/?id=345.