Results
MELBOURNE, Florida - It didn't take long for the Embry-Riddle men's cross country team to claim its first hardware of the 2022 season. The Eagles opened their campaign at the first-ever Eastern Florida State Fall Classic at Wickham Park, winning both the team and individual titles over Florida Southern. Paul Kraemer grabbed the seventh top-10 finish of his career with his meet victory, edging FSC's Owen Allen by 3.6 seconds.

Embry-Riddle - 29 points [1-3-4-10-11 (20) (21)]
ERAU, picked to win the Sunshine State Conference title for the third consecutive year, had a good season-opening challenge with the Mocs, beating the Lakelanders by 13 points thanks to five scorers in the top-11. ERAU's total time of 2:10.23 was nearly 30 seconds better than FSC. 

Flagler (80 points) was the only other team under 100 points in the seven-team field.

The Eagles
Kraemer (25:37.2), who was the Eagles' top finisher in four races a year ago, led the Blue and Gold in the 8K race to grab the second individual meet title of his career. Tanner Rosolino (25:51.5) finished third in his second-best time ever, just ahead of Brendon Shea (25:55.0).

Ryan Szklany (26:26.1) placed 10th overall, the 15th time in his Eagle career he posted a top-10 finish, and Andrew Stowe (26:33.3) impressed in his collegiate debut, rounding out the ERAU scorers in 11th place.

• Tayan Benson (27:17.6 - 24th)
• Ethan Stout (27:29.6 - 26th)
• Mason Beaudette (27:46.1 - 31st)
• Micah Blair (27:50.3 - 32nd)
• Jack Brooks (28:16.4 - 37th)
• Jake Fritz (28:36.4 - 41st)
• Simon Cole (28:38.6 - 42nd)
• Mike Klein (28:52.4 - 45th)
• Ryle Traub (29:27.4 - 51st)

Seven of Embry-Riddle's 14 runners were participating in their first-ever college race.

Next Up
ERAU is set to host the annual Embry-Riddle Cross Country Classic next Saturday, Sept. 17 in Daytona Beach.

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The 2022 Embry-Riddle Men's Cross Country season is presented by Radiology Associates.