BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's cross country teams will host the eighth annual FAU Invitational on Friday. This will mark the only home race for the Owls in the 2022 fall season.
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In the most recent FAU Invite in 2021, The Owls made it through an hour-long lightning delay for a fourth place finish for the women and a fifth place finish for the men.
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The race will be held at South County Regional Park. The Men's 7K will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the Women's 5k at 6:30 p.m.
| Florida Atlantic Invitational |
| Race Details |
Date: Friday, Sept. 30
Time: Men's 7KÂ at 6 p.m. | Women's 5K at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Boca Raton, Fla. | Regional Park Dr, Boca Raton, FL 33498Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
| Race Coverage |
Live Results Not Confirmed Yet
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Women
- The Owls are coming off of a first-place finish in the 5K at the Thomas Invitational in Tallahassee, placing in first out of 12 teams with 46 points.
- Madlen Kappeler helped propel the Owls to victory with an individual first-place finish in a field of 113 runners (18:23.6)
- Casey O'Connor rounded out the top five and set a new personal best (18:52.7)
- Erin Shannon finished in 14th place (19:36)
- Holly Arrison finished in 20th place (19:55)
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Men
- The men's team finished in eighth place with 203 points
- Logan Sallas placed in 16th out of 94 runners (27:31.1)
- Christopher Jones finished in 44th place (29:27.7)
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- Florida Atlantic
- Florida International
- Florida National
- Keiser
- Lynn
- Nova Southeastern
- Palm Beach Atlantic
- St. Thomas (Fla.)
- UCF (Women only)
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FAU will next travel to Tampa to close out their regular season on Oct. 14 at the South Florida Bulls Invitational.
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