Men’s Cross Country Places 13th at FSU Pre-Nationals

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the third time this season, fifth-year senior Osman Humeida (South Using, Va./Freedom HS/Virginia Tech) led the FGCU males’s cross nation staff because the Eagles positioned 13^th total within the FSU Pre-Nationwide 8K Open meet on Friday morning on the Apalachee Regional Park. Humeida positioned 32^nd total among the many area of 267 runners representing 31 cross nation packages.
 
“I am actually comfortable each groups acquired to expertise a meet of this caliber. The setting was actually particular,” mentioned head coach Cassandra Goodson. “The race situations and climate weren’t excellent for quick instances. I am proud of the staff’s effort and it was a stable efficiency from each women and men. Most of our group improved their time on this course from final time we competed right here simply 4 weeks in the past. They’re headed in the correct route.”
 
Humeida accomplished the course in 25 minutes, 0.2 seconds which was the fifth-fastest time in FGCU program historical past for an 8K course.
 
Together with Humeida, senior Austin Redondo (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef Senior HS) positioned 75^th total with a time of 25 minutes, 47.1 seconds to complete among the many races prime 100 runners. That point clocked in because the third-fastest mark of his profession.
 
Additionally competing on Friday have been Bradyn Ricca (Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island HS) who accomplished the course in 26 minutes, 21.4 seconds to complete 124^th, Lucas Kiprotich (Eldoret, Kenya/Harmony HS/Jap Kentucky) who completed 133^rd (26:30.4), and Benjamin Hermiston (Sherrill, Iowa/Dubuque Hempstead HS) was the fifth scorer for the Eagles at 26 minutes, 36.2 seconds (139^th). Franklin Caceres (Cape Coral, Fla./Ida S. Baker HS) additionally ran within the meet finishing the course in a personal-best 26 minutes, 44.4 seconds to complete 152^nd.
 
For Ricca, the time additionally marked the third quickest of his profession, whereas Kiprotich shaved 15 seconds off his earlier time on the Apalachee course and Hermiston reduce 26 seconds off.
 
The Eagles will head to the ASUN Championship in Orlando, Fla., on the ESPN Huge World of Sports activities Advanced on Saturday, October 30.
 
TOP 10 TEAM FINISHES:
1. Northern Arizona – 38
2. BYU – 91
3. Georgetown – 124
4. Kansas State – 149
5. Arkansas State -154
6. Toledo – 174
7. Colorado – 187
8. California – 191
9. Kansas – 267
10. Richmond – 284
13. FGCU – 374
 
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