GAINSVILLE, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's cross-country team competed in the 2017 University of Florida Mountain Dew Invitational, Saturday morning at the University of Florida Golf course. As a team, the men finished in fourth place and had eight runners finish in the top 100 in a field that featured over 200 competitors.
Embry-Riddle 4th of 24 teams
Embry-Riddle finished in fourth place in the meet with a total of 143 points. North Florida won the event with a team score of 52, followed by Tennessee Tech (83 points) and University of Florida (109 points). Tennessee Tech's Gilbert Boit was the top overall finisher with a time of 24:30.9.
The Eagles
The Eagles placed five runners in the top 50 led by
Matt Graves who finished 14
th overall in 25:49.0.
Calahan Warren (26:08.5) finished 20
th,
Noah Kemp (26:32.4) finished 33
rd,
Shaun Bullock (26:46.8) finished 44
th and
Stephen Dietz (26:51.5) finished 47
th to score for the Eagles.
Rosolino's Remarks
"Great performance from our top 5 today who battled up front with several good D1 programs. We continue to improve and move forward toward our end of season goals. Finishing 4th in a competitive D1 meet and as the best non-D1 team is a testament to the hard work we have put in."
Next Up
The Eagles will be back in action on October 7 when they travel to Romeoville, Ill. to compete in the Lewis Conference Cross-Over hosted by the Lewis University.
