DOVER, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's cross country team opened the 2015 season, as well as their NCAA II era at the UT Early Bird Classic on Friday evening, finishing third amongst six teams in the four mile race. The Eagles had two runners finish in the top five with Andrew Carpenter leading the way in third place and newcomer Noah Kemp placing fourth overall.

Embry-Riddle - 3rd of 6 (Meet Results)
ERAU tallied 70 points, placing behind race host Tampa (49) and NCAA I South Florida (56), totalling 1:49.05.42 as a squad and an average finish of 21:49.09. The Blue and Gold's five scorers all finished in the top 32.

The Eagles
Carpenter (20:57.26) posted the highest individual finish of his Embry-Riddle career, while Kemp, a sophomore transfer from the University of Portland, ran just a few second behind Carpenter at 21:01.56.

Jamin Mays (21:49.64) finished 16th overall, while Adam Lawrence (21:51.90), running unattached, was close on his heels in 17th place.

Freshman Calahan Warren made his Eagle debut with a 26th-place finish in 22:25.88 and James Fell rounded out the ERAU scorers with a 32nd-place finish in 22:51.08.

Palmer Lintz (23:03.96), John Dennehy (23:27.70), Ryan Larson (23:43.88), Andrew Carosi (24:23.53), Robert Davis (24:28.92) and DeVontae Persha (25:00.10) also participated in the four mile race; Dennehy and Davis joined Kemp and Warren in making their Embry-Riddle debuts.

Quotable
"We have some work to do," Head Coach Mike Rosolino said. "We knew we were going to have some growing pains this year and this was day one. I thought Andrew and Noah had a good race for us, and we're going to prepare and work for these next two weeks to get ready for the Mountain Dew Invitational."

Next Up
Embry-Riddle will run in the Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 19 in Gainesville, Fla. The Eagles won the small college portion of the meet, hosted by the University of Florida, last season.