HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - The Embry-Riddle women's cross country team wrapped up its 2016 season with an 11th-place showing at the ASICS Sand Shark Invitational on Saturday morning. The race, hosted by the University of South Carolina Beaufort, proved once again to be one of the fastest in the region.
Embry-Riddle - 11th of 27 (Meet Results)
The Eagles scored 363 points in the race, totalling a time of 102:07:68 and an average finish of 20:14.71.
The Eagles
Four of the Blue and Gold scorers ran to season-best times on Saturday, including ERAU's top finisher,
Eliza Gazda. Gazda finished 30th overall in 19:14.13, while
Martina Tafoya was just a few seconds behind in 41st (19:27.12).
Alexandria Meneses' time of 20:37.51 was good for 90th overall, and
Maite Moscoso (129th - 21:20.71) and
Leanne Ellis (134 - 21:28.21) rounded out the ERAU scorers.
Brianna Paczynski also competed for the Eagles, finishing 183rd in 23:03.47, while the trio of unattached Eagle runners,
Sarah Edens (18:22.61) ,
Alex Orr (18:29.81) and
Mikaela Hakamaa (18:43.04) finished 10th, 14th and 18th, respectively.
Quotable
"An outstanding effort and great day for this team," Head Coach
Mike Rosolino said. "Several personal bests as we competed and really challenged ourselves. We took advantage of great weather and a great course to run super fast. A great day also for our redshirts as three of them set new personal best times. This was a great culmination of our season and to the careers of Martina, Alex, Leanne and Maite, We look forward to next year and competing for some championships."
As a transitioning member of the NCAA II and Sunshine State Conference, the Eagles are not eligible for postseason competition.
