FAU Concludes Cross Country Season

Friday, November 11

Huntsville, Ala

Florida Atlantic

NCAA South

Photo by: Jim Rassol/Owlpix.com

11/11/2022 3:48:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's XC/Track & Field

Women's Results Men's Results

By: Ben Paul, FAU Student

Huntsville, Ala. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country teams wrapped up their 2022 season at the NCAA South Regionals on Friday morning. The women showcased improved timings in the 6K while the men braved through a season long 10K course.

Quick Hits

Women (6K)

The women scored 697 points improving upon their score from last year by 51 points
Madlen Kappeler closed out her season placing in 58th out of 228 runners (21:17.5). Her time is good for fourth all time in FAU history
Casey O'Connor's 2022 was her best season yet, culminating in a new personal best time (21:57.5), also the sixth best time in school history
Jordan Stevens (23:14.8) and Paige Saiz (23:16.2) were the next Owls to follow

Men (10K)

Racing on Veteran's Day, Christopher Jones, who served in the Air Force prior to competing at FAU, had a strong showing. His time of 34:53.7 is now the 10th best 10K time in FAU history
Matthew Labrato (35:53.7) and Bodey Miller (36:13.3) set new personal bests

Coach Smolka's Take

Head Coach Alex Smolka on the women's 6K and conclusion of the season
"We had a great (and very rainy) day in Huntsville! Every single one of our women's runners ran significantly faster today than two weeks ago. We're in the process of building our cross country/distance group into a force to be reckoned with. We're not where we want to be yet, but we're working hard and improving constantly. It's very exciting and rewarding to have our current team members on our squad. Congratulations to Casey for making our all-time list with the sixth fastest 6K time in school history!"

On the men's 10K
"Our three men who ran today competed with valor and left it all on the course. Matt and Bodey both set new 10K PRs and Chris ran himself into the FAU record books. GO OWLS!"

Upcoming

The Owls now turn their attention to the indoor track & field season beginning in Jan. 2023. The schedule will be announced soon.

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