MELBOURNE, Fla. For the sixth time in seven years the Embry-Riddlemen s cross country team took home the Florida Tech Invitational crown this morning. After a season-opening meet at the University of Tampa last Friday in which weather delays caused some confusion with the final results ERAU knew exactly where they finished Saturday. The NAIA No. 3 Eagles totaled 19 points in the win. The Blue and Gold swept the top three places at the meet, as well as places fifth, eight, ninth and tenth. Freshman Evans Kirwa placed first overall in a time of 25:06, just three seconds off the school record set last season. Following Kirwa was senior Nick Gehlsen at 25:49 and junior Russell Snyder in 25:52 finishing second and third respectively. Henry Melius finished fifth with a run of 26:19, and Greg Leonard rounded out the Eagle scorers in eighth place in 16:39. Head Coach Mike Rosolino commented on themen s performance, We had a much better performance from last week. It was a good
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – After a third place finish in their season opening meet, the NAIA No. 19 Eagles improved their finish this week at the Florida Tech Invitational as they finished second overall, behind only the University of Tampa who is ranked No. 12 in NCAA II. lt;br />Flo Vazquez led the Blue and Gold with a fourth place finish in a time of 18:37, followed by senior Alex Salinas who finished 11th with a time of 19:47. Senior Beth McCubbin ran 19:52 to finish 12th, Erika Langhauser finished 14th in 19:54 and Karina Coelho (20:25) and Emily Cook (20:27) finished 15th and 16th respectively.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Freshman cross country runner Evans Kirwa was selected as The Sun Conference Bi-Weekly Runner of the week on Monday by the conference office. Kirwa led the NAIA No. 3 Eagles to a first place finish at at the Florida Tech Invitational as he finished first in the race with a time of 25:06, just three seconds shy of the ERAU school record. Other Nominees: Cesar Fernandez Lazaro, SCAD Alex Russell, WU Frank Tinsley, USCB