Owls Set for Trip to Tampa

Saturday, April 12

Tampa, Fla.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

USF Invitational

Photo by: Kevin Ortiz

4/11/2025 12:49:00 PM | Women's XC/Track & Field

TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic women's track & field team will take the road to compete in the USF Invitational on Saturday, April 12.

The Owls will compete in seven events on Saturday afternoon, beginning with Promise Cross representing FAU in the high jump in a field event. Next on the docket is the 400-meter dash, followed by five more events on the day (100-meter dash, 800-meter run, 400-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash, and 5000-meter run).

Florida Atlantic at the USF Invitational
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PARTICIPATING TEAMS AT USF INVITATIONAL

Bethune-Cookman
Colgate
Cornell
DePaul
FIU
Florida Atlantic
Florida Gulf Coast
Gardner-Webb
Grand Valley State
Lincoln (Pa.)
Lindsey Wilson
Madonna
Mercer
Morgan State
Northeastern
Oklahoma State
Penn
Rutgers
Southeastern
South Florida
Stetson
St. John's
St. Thomas (Fla.)
Tampa
Temple
The Ohio State
Tiffin
Tulane
UCF
VCU

LAST TIME OUT

To start off a two-day meet at the Florida Relays, junior Kayla Groppe represented the Owls in the 1500-meter, finishing with a 4:53.05 on the day.
Laura Kuhn was one of the 40 runners to compete in the 400-meter hurdles.
Freshman Astrid Baunge etched herself in the record book after recording an 11:10.08 in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Baunge is now ranked No. 7 in program history.
To close out the evening, Helms finished the 5000-meter with an 18:22.95 for a season's best.
In her season debut, junior Rosa ten Berg finished with a 2:09.01 on the day in the 800-meter for the third fastest time of her career.
Constance Pittet also ran in the 800-meter. Pittet finished with a 2:13.37 to record her season best.
In the 100-meter, FAU freshman Kayla Hopkins ran with the wind speed at 2.6 m/s and recorded an 11.85 on the day.