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Men's Cross Country Takes Top Spot at Mountain Dew Invitational

| By: Robert Lopez | @robertlopez91
Vincent Bett led the Eagles with an eighth place finish at the Mountain Dew Invitational.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the second consecutive year the 13th ranked Embry-Riddle men's cross country team finished in first place in the Non-Division I group at the Mountain Dew Invitational.

The University of Florida hosted the event which featured 30 teams, including 13 NCAA I and 6 NCAA II programs.

The Eagles were led by senior Vincent Bett, who had a very strong outing after being unable to finish the team's last race at the South Florida Invitational because of an illness. Bett finished eighth overall with a time of 24:51.77.

ERAU senior Alec Hernandez also had an impressive race, 14th overall with a personal best 8k time of 25:03.09.

Paul McKenna (25:31.90), Matt Graves (25:45.07), and Jamin Mays (25:49.17) were the other scorers for Eagles.

"On the men's side it was a phenomenal race," said Embry-Riddle cross country head coach Mike Rosolino. "We challenged them before the race to go after the big D-I schools and to run thirty seconds faster than they the ran at the South Florida Invitational. Nine of the 15 ended up running their personal best times."

As Rosolino mentioned, the day was full of personal records for the Eagles. Hernandez, Graves, Mays, Andrew Carpenter (25:51.04), Ryan Larson (26:09.23), Jacob Dordick (26:20.62), Palmer Lintz (26:59.95), Adam Lawrence (27:09.75) and James Fell (28:04.73) all set personal records on Saturday

Embry-Riddle scored 38 points to lock up the top spot for the second time in as many races this season. Florida Southern (51), Flagler (120), Tampa 127), and Saint Leo (157) rounded out the top five Non-Division I teams.

Georgia Tech placed first in the Division I group, followed by Florida, North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, and Kennesaw State.

The Blue and Gold's overall time of 2:07:01.00 would have been good for fourth best if the collegiate results had not been broken down into separate divisions.

"Having the top six (run the race) under 26 minutes might be the first time we've done that this early in the season in the program's history," noted Rosolino. "To have ten under 27 minutes is just unbelievable, I can't remember us having done that before. It was fun to take home another Gator trophy."

ERAU will be in action again next Saturday, Sept. 27, when it hosts the Embry-Riddle Asics Classic, the team's only home meet of the season.

Click HERE for complete results from the Mountain Dew Invitational.
South Florida Invitational
Eagle FinishPointsTotal Teams
1st3816
Individual EaglesFinishTime
Vincent Bett*8th24:51.77
Alec Hernandez*14th25:03.09
Paul McKenna*28th25:31.90
Matt Graves*40th25:45.07
Jamin Mays*43rd25:49.17
Andrew Carpenter45th25:51.04
Ryan Larson58th26:09.23
Jacob Dordick65th26:20.62
Keneth J Pineiro-Collazo70th26:31.97
Palmer Lintz98th26:59.95
Adam Lawrence107th29:41.65
James Fell157th28:04.73
Andrew Carosi168th28:32.09
Dalton L'Heureux191st29:21.81
Paul Meesala210th30:38.63
* Scorers
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