Cross Country Ready to Lace Up for Mountain Dew Gator Invitational

Saturday, September 14

Gainesville, Fla.

7:30 AM

Florida Atlantic

Gator Mountain Dew Invitational

2019 FAU Cross Country @ FAU Cross Country Invitational

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

Cross Country Ready to Lace Up for Mountain Dew Gator Invitational

9/13/2019 12:00:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's XC/Track & Field

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country teams will be back in action Saturday morning at the Mountain Dew Gator Invitational hosted by Florida. The invite will feature 35 teams with the races taking place at the Mark Bostick Golf Course.

The men will kick off the morning of races at 7:55 a.m. in the 8K (map available here), followed by the women's 5K (map available here) at 8:30 a.m. The awards ceremony will follow at 9:30 a.m. with the top 15 individual finishers, as well as team champions and runner ups being recognized. Spectator parking is available at the University of Florida Law School located on the corner of SW 2nd Ave and Village Drive.

Live Results

Live results will be ran by Half-Mile Timing and will be available here.

Teams Present

Anderson (S.C.)
Auburn Montgomery
Bethune-Cookman
Daytona State College
Edward Waters
Embry-Riddle
FIU
Florida
Florida A&M
Florida College
Florida Gulf Coast
Florida Southern
Florida Tech
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Georgia College
Jacksonville
Lake Sumter State College
Lynn
Mobile
North Florida
Nova Southeastern
Palm Beach Atlantic
Pasco-Hernando State College (women only)
Rollins
Saint Leo
Seminole State College
South Florida
South Florida State College
Southeastern University
St. Thomas
Tampa
Troy
UCF (women only)
Valdosta State
West Florida

Last Year at Invite

Last year at the Mountain Dew Invitational, the women's team finished 12th among 27 teams with 329 points. Mikaela Jonsson was the top finisher at 18:17.93, which was enough for a 35th place finish and a new personal record. Megan Giovanniello (18:56.30), Brooke Butterfield (19:40.20) and Morgan Sharp (20:02.40) all clocked in personal records as well. Florida's Jessica Pascoe crossed the finish line first in 16:13.87 and the Gator women took the crown with North Florida coming in second at the Division I level.

On the men's side, the team finished ninth place out of 22 teams with 310 points. Lachlan Shiver finished the race in 25:44.11 for fourth place. Sean Barone also clocked in a personal record in the 8K with 26:51.08, claiming 67th place. Florida A&M's David Too was the top finisher, clocking in at a time of 24:11.58. The Rattlers won the men's title with Tennessee Tech following in second.

FAU Invite Recap

The Owls got off to a hot start at the sixth annual FAU Invitational, as FAU had the top men's and women's finishers. The women's team made history, as they set a new record for the lowest average time of the top-five finishers. FAU featured five runners in the top-10, which was highlighted by Madlen Kappeler's individual title. Kappeler's time of 18:17.71 put her at No. 10 in the top-10 5K times in FAU history.

On the men's side, Shiver was able to defend his title with his time of 15:22.44, which is the second fastest time in school history and behind the record he holds at FAU. Three other Owls finished within the top-30 and Cristian Moreno set a new personal record (16:47.24).

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