HOT STUFF: Tech men sixth, women 10th at steamy FSU Invitational
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Tennessee Tech men's cross country team placed sixth and the women's squad finished 10th Friday night at a hot and steamy FSU Invitational at Apalachee Regional Park.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With Geoffrey
Sambu and Yeshi Dohrmann
leading the way, the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team placed
sixth and the women's squad 10th Friday night at a hot and steamy
FSU Invitational at Apalachee Regional Park.
"I thought that we performed well under the circumstances," said
head coach Wayne Angel. "It was very hot and our legs were still
heavy from last week's training. But, we still fought through it,
nevertheless. As a team we gained valuable experience from this
competition. We are certainly moving in the right direction."
Sambu roared through the 8K course to finish third overall, racing
with the leaders right to the wire before being nipped by just
three seconds for the individual championship. Matt Rice of
UL-Lafayette was the individual leader in 25:16.53, while Florida
State's Stanley Linton placed second in 25:17.91.
Sambu, a sophomore who transferred to Tech from Florida A&M
during the summer, was third in 25:19.52, putting a full 10-second
cushion behind him and the next finisher.
Sophomore Brennan Huber placed 18th with a
time of 26:20.09, while Daniel Williamson was just off his shoulder, placing
21st in 26:33.38. Freshman Wesley
King was 47th in 28:28.31, while freshman Ian
Barclay placed 58th in 29:58.64.
As expected, host Florida State captured the team title in the
men's race with 48 points, placing four runners among the first 10.
UL-Lafayette was second (78), followed by Auburn (78), Florida Gulf
Coast (82), Vanderbilt (112), and Tennessee Tech (147).
Rounding out the remainder of the Division I standings were South
Florida (155) in seventh place, followed by Stetson (237), Florida
Atlantic (254), Florida A&M (294) and Jacksonville (298).
Dohrmann ran a personal-best time and was the Golden Eagle leader
in the women's race, finishing 38th overall in 19:27.89.
Freshman Lera McNamara
also posted a career-best time, and led the way among Tech's other
four runners, finishing 60th in 20:41.63. Fellow
freshman Anna
Cooper was 62nd in 20:44.51, followed by junior Landry
Loving in 21:24.87, and freshman Baylee
Balgemann in 21:42.99.
Florida State (72) also topped the Division I women's team
standings, edging rival UCF (73) by a single point. South Florida
(92) was third, followed by Florida A&M (111), UL-Lafayette
(117), Auburn (129), Florida Gulf Coast (148), Jacksonville (196),
Stetson (197) and Tennessee Tech (291).
The Golden Eagles will spend the next few weeks continuing their
training in preparation for the OVC Championships, Nov. 1.
