Owls Crush the Mile and More at Harvard

Friday, February 4

Cambridge, Mass.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

Harvard Crimson Elite

Photo by: Reily Rogers/Wade Event Photography

2/4/2022 8:18:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

Results

Owls Crush the Mile and More at Harvard

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University track & field team competed Friday at the Harvard Crimson Elite, finishing in fourth place out of 11 teams. There was major success in the meet that included a mile run with three Owls in the top three spots.

Coach Smolka's Take

"Today was a good day. This was our 1st scored meet of the season, and a great test run for the C-USA's. We had a bunch of strong performances across the board and we're excited to race again tomorrow!"

Quick Hits

The mile run was dominated by the Owls taking up all three of the top spots, Casey O'Connor finished in first place (5:13.52), Paige Saiz finished in second (5:13.73), and Jordan Stevens placed in third (5:14.89). Madison Kappler also finished in the top 10 in sixth-place (5:17.02)
Cara Simpson continued to cement herself in FAU's 60m record books, finishing in the preliminaries with a time of 7.60 and in the finals at fifth place. (7.55) These times rank third and fifth respectively in school history.
Jessica Lambert added on to her excellent season with a fourth-place finish in the 400m. (57.20)

Upcoming

The Owls head to Boston University tomorrow to compete in the BU Scarlet & White Invitational.

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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men's swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 4-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 52-28 victory over SMU in the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.

About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU's world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU's existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.