GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's cross country team ran to an eighth-place finish on Saturday morning at the Mountain Dew Invitational, hosted by the University of Florida. The Eagles, running their second race of 2015, couldn't repeat as non-DI champs after last season's victory at the Mountain Dew Invitational, but finished in front of NCAA II members Florida Tech, Flagler and Valdosta State.
Embry-Riddle - 8th of 18 (Meet Results)ERAU totalled 201 points in the 18-team race, finishing behind Sunshine State Conference foes Florida Southern (3rd - 108), Tampa (4th - 134) and Saint Leo (7th - 172). The Eagles edges NCAA II members Florida Tech, Flagler and Valdosta State. The Blue and Gold had an average finish of 27:16.97, while the five scorers for the Eagles all finished in the top 95 non-DI runners. Alabama-Huntsville won the non-DI portion of the race with 66 total points.
The EaglesOnce again, it was sophomore
Andrew Carpenter leading the way for the Eagles, as the Port Orange native finished 11th overall in 26:11.39.
Noah Kemp, who also finished as the second Eagle two weeks ago, placed 28th (26:53.62) and
Jamin Mays (27:10.44) placed 41st as the trio duplicated their 1-2-3 ERAU finish from the UT Early Bird Classic.
Adam Lawrence placed 53rd (27:19.07) as an unattached runner and
James Fell (88th - 27:58.30) and
Will Rice (95th - 28:11.10) rounded out the Eagles' top five.
Also competing for Embry-Riddle were
Calahan Warren (96th - 28:13.69),
Palmer Lintz (108th - 28:39.37),
Andrew Carosi (114th - 28:57.39) and
Robert Davis (160th - 31:33.81)
Quotable"I thought we had a solid effort today," Head Coach
Mike Rosolino said. "We've got a lot of new guys that are learning how to run an 8k race, and as the year progresses we're only going to get better. We have a short week to prepare for the Moccasin Invitational on Friday, but it will be a good race for us to see how we stack up with many other NCAA II schools, especially schools in the Sunshine State Conference."
Next UpEmbry-Riddle will have less than a week to recover as they travel to Lakeland, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 25 for the Moccasin Invitational, hosted by SSC member Florida Southern.
