Four Owls Travel to Alabama for Southern Showcase

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Select runners from the Florida Atlantic men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Alabama to compete in the 2025 Southern Showcase hosted by Jacksonville State on Friday morning.

The race will take place at John Hunt Cross Country Running Park, with the men scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. EST and the women at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Florida Atlantic will have Paul Glick and Samuel Henery representing the Owls on the men's side, and Reese Anderson and Sophie Dethier representing the women's side.

COMPETING TEAMS

Alabama
Alabama A&M
Alabama-Huntsville
Arkansas Tech (Women only)
Auburn
Belmont
Blue Mountain
Campbellsville
Carson-Newman
Central Arizona
Chattanooga
Concord
Cumberlands
Delware (Women only)
East Tennessee State
Eastern Florida
FGCU
Florida Atlantic
Florida State
Freed-Hardeman
Georgia Tech
Jacksonville State
Kennesaw State
Kentucky
Lee (Tenn.)
Lipscomb
Louisville
Marshall
Mercer
Miami
Middle Tennessee
Mississippi College
Mississippi State (Women only)
North Alabama
Pasco-Hernando State College
Pellissippi State CC
SCAD-Savannah
South Alabama
South Florida
Southern Indiana
Stetson
Talladega
Tampa
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee-Martin
Trevecca Nazarene
Troy
UCF (Women only)
UVA-Wise
Wallace Community College
West Georgia
Western Kentucky
William Carey
Young Harris

LAST TIME OUT
Women (5K)

Florida Atlantic took first place with 27 points to win the Keiser Invitational in West Palm Beach. The average time for FAU runners was 18:20.
Six Owls (Anabell Reumann, Elyssa Toal, Rosa ten Berg, Isabel O'Brien, Madison Brown, and Leah Helms) finished within the top ten.
O'Brien ran an 18:24.6 for her fastest 5k in her career, finishing seventh overall.
Brown ran in her first race in an FAU jersey, finishing eighth overall with a time of 18:32.6.
The Owls as a collective improved for their total time in the first race of the season.
FAU had a total of nine representatives at the Keiser Invitational.
Morgan Pennington was the only freshman to run for the Owls. She recorded a 19:58.0 in her first collegiate 5k.

Men (5k)

Noah Highsmith finished in the top 10.
Freshmen Nazayer Franco and Nate Webb made their collegiate debut, finishing 13th and 17th.
Junior Luke Gaudet recorded a 16:23.4 in his first race in a year. He set a new personal best.
In his second year, Donovan Petty set a new personal best with a 16:23.4.

ROSTER
For the men's cross country roster, click HERE, and for the women's roster, click HERE.

SCHEDULE

For the full women's cross country schedule, click HERE, and for the full men's slate, click HERE.

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Players Mentioned

Madison Brown

Nazayer Franco

Luke Gaudet

Paul Glick

Leah Helms

Samuel Henery

Noah Highsmith

Isabel O'Brien

Morgan Pennington

Donovan Petty

Rosa ten Berg

Elyssa Toal

Nate Webb

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at FSU Invitational on September 26, 2025 at TBD

Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country versus Ed Holloway Classic on October 17, 2025 at 6 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country versus American Conference XC Championships on November 1, 2025 at TBD

Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country versus NCAA South Championships on November 14, 2025 at TBD

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