Results
SAINT LEO, Florida - On the same course that the NCAA II South Region Championship and NCAA II National Championship will be run on later this fall, the Embry-Riddle men's cross country team was the top South Region squad, placing third overall behind a pair of NCAA II top-20 squads in Wingate and Fresno Pacific. The Eagles scored 102 points overall on The Abbey Course in the 13-team 8K race, hosted by Sunshine State Conference member Saint Leo, a course that was 2K shorter than the postseason course will be.

Ryan Szklany collected his 13th career top-10 finish, placing eighth overall in 25:11.2, while Paul Kraemer, the reigning SSC Runner of the Week, posted the best 8K time of his Eagle career to place 10th in 25:29.1. Brendon Shea, who has been in the Eagles' top-three all season long, also posted a career-best time of 25:52.6, finishing 14th overall.

Tanner Rosolino (37th - 26:54.3) and Shaun Bullock (45th - 27:06.4) also scored for the Blue and Gold, with Austin Epstein (49th - 27:16.8) and Micah Blair (55th - 27:30.2) acting as displacers.

Garrett Noltemeyer (77th - 28:20.3), Connor O'Flynn (84th - 28:42.7), Josh Beam (92nd - 29:08.9) and Justin Nauman (94th - 29:16.3) all finished in the top-100 racers. Jack Brooks (102nd - 29:40.6), Jacob D'Aleo (113th - 30:20.0), and Justin Brown (125th - 32:27.1) also participated for ERAU.

16th-ranked Wingate had a slight upset of 13th-ranked Fresno Pacific for the team title, but did so in dominant fashion, scoring 28 points to FPU's 81. ERAU was third with 102 points, followed by Tampa (130) and Catawba (130) who finished fourth, and fifth, respectively with the Spartans claiming the tiebreaker.

Embry-Riddle will race for the third straight weekend next Saturday at the University of Alabama-Hunstville Invitational at John Hunt Park.

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The 2021 Embry-Riddle Men's Cross Country season is presented by Radiology Associates.