TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's cross country team ran at the Florida State Invitational for the seventh time on Friday morning, finishing sixth amongst non-NCAA I schools. The Blue and Gold, running the third of four races in four straight weeks, got two top-10 scores from Andrew Carpenter and Noah Kemp en route to the Eagles' third-best team finish at the annual race.

Embry-Riddle - 6th of 12 (Meet Results)
The Eagles totalled 154 points in the non-DI portion of the meet, finishing just behind Sunshine State Conference member Florida Tech (152), and well in front of SSC foe Saint Leo (176). ERAU's total time was 2:18.42.31 and average time was 27:44.46, the ninth-best mark amongst all 19 squads.

The Eagles
The sophomore duo of Carpenter (26:38.60) and Kemp (26:42.00) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, amongst countable non-DI competitors to pace the Eagles. Kemp set a career-best 8k time while James Fell's time of 28:05.10 put him 39th amongst scorers and third on the ERAU team. Rounding out the Eagle scorers were Calahan Warren (65th - 28:10.20) and John Dennehy (87th - 29:06.40), both times marked season-bests for the freshmen.

Andrew Carosi (29:51.60) and Robert Davis (29:56.80) also competed and finished for the Blue and Gold as Davis set a personal-best time in the process.

Qoutable
"I thought we ran fairly well today," Head Coach Mike Rosolino said. "Especially considering we were undermanned with some sickness and injuries, but several guys stepped up and we ran a smart race today. A lot of our young guys are starting to learn how to run an 8k race well, and pace-wise we were good today."

"Next week will be a tough challenge as we look forward to defending out home turf, but it will be a fun time as well with a bunch of alumni coming back to run at the Asics Classic," Rosolino added.

Next Up
Embry-Riddle returns to Daytona Beach to host the annual Asics Embry-Riddle Classic next Saturday, Oct. 10. One of the premier small college races in the state of Florida, the Asics Classic will feature six total races, including collegiate men, collegiate women, high school varsity boys, high school varsity girls and junior varsity boys and junior varsity girls. The collegiate men's race will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the women's college race starting at 8:05 a.m. For more information on the meet, CLICK HERE.