The Gator women placed 2nd and qualified for the NCAA National Championship race last season, when the South Regionals were hosted in Gainesville.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gators Men’s and Women’s Cross Country are set to compete in the NCAA South Regional at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla. on Friday, November 15, 2024. The top-two finishing teams for both men and women will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championship race in Madison Wisconsin.
The Women’s 6k race will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET and the Men’s 10k race will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. It will be the first 10k race for the men this season.
Live Results from Friday’s events can be found here<https://pttiming.com/event.php?mid=2049&pt=schedule>. A live stream of both races will be available on ESPN+<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/61768c6b-263d-4b8e-81a6-90fcfd0b81e4>.
Additional information on the NCAA South Regional can be found here<https://seminoles.com/sports/2024/10/7/media-center>.
The Gators women’s team, last season’s second-place finisher at the South Regional, are coming off of a strong third-place finish at the SEC Championships in College Station, Texas on November 1. The Gators entered this season as the No. 1-ranked team in the South Region.
Hilda Olemomoi, the SEC Cross Country Silver Medalist, finished third at last season’s South Regional, and is expected to be among the leaders in Tallahassee. Senior Allison Wilson stormed to a 14th-place finish a year ago at the South Regionals, and will again contend to be among Florida’s top scorers along with newcomers Tia Wilson, Beth Morley, and SEC All-Freshman selection Gabrielle Schmidt.
On the Men’s side, seven athletes will step to the line including Florida’s top scorer at the SEC Championships, Ethan Geiger. Redshirt-freshman Riley Novack will also look to continue his strong first season in Orange and Blue, having factored into Florida’s scoring in every one of Florida’s meets this season. Novack is the only Gator athlete for either the Men’s or Women’s team to compete in every one of this season’s races.
A complete list of Florida’s entrants can be found below.
WOMEN
MEN
Reagan
Gilmore
Fr.
Orlando
Cicilioni III
Sr.
Beth
Morley
R-Jr.
Michael
Fiore II
R-Jr.
Hilda
Olemomoi
Jr.
Ethan
Geiger
R-Sr.
Gabrielle
Schmidt
Fr.
Matt
Mule’
R-Jr.
Caroline
Wells
Jr.
Riley
Novack
R-Fr.
Allison
Wilson
R-Sr.
Joshua
Ruiz
Fr.
Tia
Wilson
Jr.
Matthew
Stratton
R-So.
Liina
Winborn
R-Sr.
