Owls Set for Trip to Tampa

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
Meet Details	Date: Saturday, April 12 Location: Tampa, Fla. \| USF Track and Field Stadium
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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.

SCHEDULE

For the full women's track & field schedule click HERE.

ROSTER

To check out the 2025 track & field roster click HERE.

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Players Mentioned

Astrid Baunge

Promise Cross

Kayla Groppe

Kayla Hopkins

Laura Kuhn

Constance Pittet

Rosa ten Berg

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Women's XC/Track & Field versus Ed Holloway Classic on October 17, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Women's XC/Track & Field versus American Conference XC Championships on November 1, 2025 at TBD

Upcoming Event: Women's XC/Track & Field versus NCAA South Championships on November 14, 2025 at TBD

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