Cross Country Wraps Up FSU XC Open

Friday, September 17

Tallahassee, Fla.

7:30 AM

Florida Atlantic

FSU XC Open

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

9/17/2021 9:40:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's XC/Track & Field

Women's 6K Results Men's 8K Results

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Florida State University Cross Country Open this morning at Apalachee Regional Park. The women's team finished in 22nd place, while the men totaled 24th place.

Quick Hits

Women (6K)

FAU finished in 22nd place with 602 points against a competitive field, including schools such as BYU, Florida State, Clemson and Stanford
In her first race back from injury, Madlen Kappeler recorded 96th place with a time of 23:26.8
Casey O'Connor followed in 155th place with a time of 24:28.7 in her first collegiate 6K race
In 157th place, Jordan Stevens captured 157th place (24:28.9)
Morgan Sharp (24:33.1) and Alexis Hill (24:38.2) finished in 163rd and 167th, respectively

Men (8K)

On the men's side, the team came in 24th place (746 points)
Preston Dunn finished in 157th place with a time of 27:26.1
Jericho Cooey was the next Owl finisher with 213th place (29:14.3)
Rory Carmody placed 216th (29.29.0)
Bodey Miller (31:37.3) and Joseph Javurek (31:46.2) logged 244th and 245th, respectively

Upcoming

The women's team will compete in the UCF Invitational next on Friday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. The men will take almost a month off with their next race being back in Tallahassee for the FSU Pre-Nationals on Friday, Oct. 15.

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