BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Friday, Nov. 1) – The Florida Atlantic University men’s and women’s cross country teams have been preparing all season long for the 2019 Conference USA Cross Country Championships, which take place tomorrow morning.
The conference championships is hosted by Western Kentucky this season and will be held at a challenging course located at Spero Kereiakes Park (1220 Fairview Ave Bowling Green, KY 42103). Saturday morning’s activities will commence with the men’s 8K at 10 a.m. EST (map available here) followed by the women’s 5K at 11 a.m. EST (map available here). More information on the championships, including results can be found on the C-USA Championship page.
Teams Present:
- Charlotte
- FIU
- Louisiana Tech
- Marshall
- Middle Tennessee
- North Texas
- Rice
- Southern Miss (women only)
- UAB (women only)
- UTEP
- UTSA
- WKU
2018 C-USA Championships Recap:
FAU hosted the 2018 C-USA Championships at South Country Park last season. The women’s team captured ninth out of 13 teams, bumping up one spot from the prior season. Mikaela Jonsson finished in 34th with a 5K time of 18:33.73, while Lauren Macon was the next returner to cross the line at 19:37.22. UTEP came away with the women’s title to win their first conference championship with Linda Cheruiyot of the Miners crossing the line with a winning time 15:56.12.
On the men’s side, the team placed 10th out of 11 teams. Sean Barone finished the 8K at 27:57.43 for 62nd place, as Cristian Moreno (28:09.50), Jericho Cooey (28:23.13) and Nolan Meuret (29:15.14) followed. North Texas took home the team title and graduated senior Tom Nobles of Charlotte punched in a winning time of 23:55.84. Current junior Boaz Ronoh of UTEP finished as the runner-up (24:11.38) in the race.
Last Time Out:
The men’s and women’s teams capped off the regular season on a high note at the UAB Invitational two weeks ago. Each of the 10 runners in the women’s 6K set new FAU personal records. Madlen Kappeler was the leading Owl, finishing in 23rd out of 215 runners. Her time of 21:35.45 also became the third fastest 6K time in school history.
On the men’s side, the team rounded out in 12th out of 21 teams with five runners achieving new personal records. Lachlan Shiver broke his previous 8K school record, crossing the line at 24:54.54 for 28th place out of 179 runners. His time became the first sub-25 minute 8K in FAU history. Also making his way up the FAU ranks was Preston Dunn, who captured the sixth fastest time in school history, punching in at 25:57.24 for 60th place.
Owls on Social Media:
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
