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Cross Country Announces 2016 Schedule
7/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's XC/Track & Field
July 5, 2016
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country teams 2016 schedules have been announced.
The Owls will open the 2016 schedule with the third-annual FAU Cross Country Invitational on Friday, Sept. 2 and will conclude with the Conference USA Cross Country Championships, held in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 29. The teams may then advance to the NCAA South Regionals scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11 in Tallahassee, Fla.
Each of the team's six regular-season meets will take place in Florida. Following the season opener, FAU will head to Orlando on Saturday, Sept. 10 for the UCF Cross Country Invitational. Gainesville is the next stop as the Owls will take part in the Gator Cross Country Invitational hosted by the University of Florida on Saturday, Sept. 24. The following week, the Owls will head to Titusville to compete in the FLRunners.com meet on Friday, Sept. 30, followed by the FSU Invitational on Friday, Oct. 7. FAU's regular-season finale is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14 at the USF Collegiate Invitational.
"With 15 returners and 14 incoming freshmen on our 2016 women's cross country roster, we attempted to put a schedule together that will allow each runner to improve throughout the season and ultimately create competition for a position on our C-USA Championship Squad," Head Coach Alex Smolka said.
At the 2015 C-USA Cross Country Championship, the women finished in 10th place with 219 points. FAU finished ninth the previous season with 200 points. FAU's Bethany Hardcastle, a then freshman, represented the Owls last season at NCAA South Regionals where she set a personal best in the 6K with a time of 22:42.00.
"Our very young men's team (one junior, eight sophomores, and three freshmen), will have ample opportunity to race and compete in some quality meets before our C-USA Championship," said Smolka.
The men's team finished in 10th place at the 2015 C-USA Cross Country Championships with 291 points and a team average time of 28:07.4. The top three returning finishers from the C-USA Championship are sophomores this season - Connor Fitzgerald (52nd overall â€" 26:49.6), Johnathon Werble (68th â€" 28:07.4), and John Marting (71st -28:12.9).
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