FAU Cross Country Completes Competition in Melbourne

Saturday, September 10

Melbourne, Fla.

7:30 AM

Florida Atlantic

FIT Cross Country Invitational

9/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country

Sept. 10, 2016

Men's Final_Results

Women's Final_Results

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country squads had a combined five top 10 individual finishers as they completed their first trip to the Florida Tech Invitational on Saturday morning.

Men's Notables:

Conor Fitzgerald was the Owls' first finisher, coming in seventh place among DI runners in a time of 27:54
Next for the men was Lachlan Shiver, in his first collegiate top 10 finish (in 10th) at 28:24, while just behind him was John Marting in 11th, in 28:34
Cory Moogerfeld was the other Owl among the top 15, crossing the line in 28:57 to place 13th

Women's Notables:

Sophia Clark topped the Owl women, also with a seventh-place showing, crossing in 20:16
Joining her in the top 10 were Shannon Grace (ninth, 20:30) and Emily Ludwig (10th, 20:52), the latter just edging out teammate Delsie Borgen, 11th at 20:54
Brooke Butterfield placed 12th (21:02) while Christina Humphries came in in 15th (21:11)

Quotable

"On the women's side everyone who completed the raced this morning improved from last week," said head coach Alex Smolka. "I am very happy with our progress, we are slightly ahead of where I thought we would be at this stage in the season. Things are looking good. We were happy with how our men ran, considering today was their first 8k of the season and a couple of them had never run an 8k before today. We are excited for the next few meets."

What's Next

The Owls have two weeks before their next competition, the Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 24. The meet will be hosted by the University of Florida at Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville.