Eagles Win Sixth Straight Asics Crown; Kirwa Breaks Meet Record

9/22/2012 1:32:00 PM | By: Ryan Mosher

Senior Evans Kirwa set the meet record on Saturday while winning the 14th cross country race of his Eagle career

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Evans Kirwa won his second race of 2012 while breaking the meet record at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic on Saturday, helping the Eagles to their sixth consecutive title in the event. The Eagles placed all five scorers in the top 10 to easily claim their first team crown of the season.

Kirwa, the reigning NAIA National Runner of the Week, had no trouble outpacing the rest of the field, finishing the 8K race in 25:25.02, a full minute faster than Vincent Bett's time of 26:30.57. Bett finished second in the race, showing improvement in just his second meet as an Eagle.

"Evans and Vincent looked really terrific this morning," Mike Rosolino, Eagle Head Coach said after the meet. "Vincent was even stronger than he was last week, he closed the gap on Evans quite a bit from the Mountain Dew Invitational."

Sophomore Alec Hernandez finished third in both the race and for the Eagles, recording a 27:04.38 as the Eagles went 1-2-3 in the race.

Zachary Kraus (6th - 27:45.58) and Jacob Dordick (9th - 28:09.20) both scored for the Blue and Gold on Saturday, impressing Rosolino with their efforts.

"Jacob ran much better than last race," Rosolino said. "Both he and Zach gave us a great race today."

Ryan Larson and Jason Riggs finished 14th and 15th respectively, while 10 other Eagles raced in the event, seven of them finishing in the top 50.

"This was a tougher course than we've ran this year," Rosolino pointed out. "I was happy with our effort and our results today. I'd like to see some of our gaps close, and I think that if we do that we can move into that top five-to-ten teams in the NAIA."

The Eagles grabbed 21 points to capture the meet title, finishing weel ahead of NCAA I Seton Hall (68), NCAA II Flager (93) and NAIA Xavier (La.) (128). The Embry-Riddle Alumni team totalled 105 points for a fourth-place finish.

"It was cool to see so many of our former runners come back and run in this meet," said Rosolino. "It's really neat to see them finish fourth."

The Eagles return to the course on Oct. 5 when they run in the Seminole Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla., a meet hosted by Florida State.

Men's Collegiate Results

Complete Meet Results

Asics Embry-Riddle Classic
Eagle Team Finish	Points	Total Teams
1st	21	13

Individual Eagles	Finish	Time
Evans Kirwa*	1st	25:25.02^
Vincent Bett*	2nd	26:30.57
Alec Hernandez*	3rd	27:04.38
Zachary Kraus*	6th	27:45.58
Jacob Dordick*	9th	28:09.20

Ryan Larson	14th	28:43.96
Jason Riggs	15th	28:46.66
Jamin Mays	21st	29:06.69
Mallory Jackson	24th	29:36.50
Dalton L'Heureux	38th	30:30.42
Patrick Clare	41st	30:40.49
Paul Meesala	43rd	30:46.44
Joshua Guerrero	46th	31:05.12
Palmer Lintz	47th	31:09.73
Bruce Federico	54th	31:44.91
Makynzee Balucas	58th	32:11.87
Trey Williams	80th	34:04.39

* Scorers ^ Meet Record

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