Friday, October 11
Tallahassee, FL
8:20am
Georgia Southern University
at
Florida State Invitational
Nagwandala Has Career Day For XC at FSU Invitational
10/11/2019 10:23:00 AM | Track & Field/XC
Georgia Southern Placed 10th as a Team
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Georgia Southern cross country team had an amazing outing Friday morning at the FSU Invitational led by Merabu Nagwandala's new personal-best in the 5K.
Nagwandala, a sophomore, placed eighth among attached athletes and ninth overall in a field of 228 runners with a Georgia Southern career-best time of 18:00.7 to score eight team points.
In second for the Eagles was Carley Braman who ran also personal-best of 19:22.8, coming in 64th overall.
Mattie Harris, in her short collegiate career, ran her best time of the year at 19:35.1 finishing 69th.
Topping off the scorers were Ellunde Montgomery at 20:10.2 (106th) and Adriana Ducharme at 21:25 (PR) (149th).
Other Eagle runners: Mckenzie Cromer (21:45.2/159th), Kaitlin Rocker (21:56.9/163rd) and Doris Korir (22:20.5/169th)
What coach Wes Penberthy had to say: "We really came out and competed at a high level. We had some nice season and personal bests today. Everyone competed at a high level and I'm very happy with our performance.
The Eagles placed 10th out of 24 female teams with 289 points. Florida claimed the team victory with 29 points over the second-place hosting Seminoles (63).
The team is currently pending approval of a final regular-season meet next weekend before competing in the Sun Belt Championship Nov. 2 in McDonough.
Nagwandala, a sophomore, placed eighth among attached athletes and ninth overall in a field of 228 runners with a Georgia Southern career-best time of 18:00.7 to score eight team points.
In second for the Eagles was Carley Braman who ran also personal-best of 19:22.8, coming in 64th overall.
Mattie Harris, in her short collegiate career, ran her best time of the year at 19:35.1 finishing 69th.
Topping off the scorers were Ellunde Montgomery at 20:10.2 (106th) and Adriana Ducharme at 21:25 (PR) (149th).
Other Eagle runners: Mckenzie Cromer (21:45.2/159th), Kaitlin Rocker (21:56.9/163rd) and Doris Korir (22:20.5/169th)
What coach Wes Penberthy had to say: "We really came out and competed at a high level. We had some nice season and personal bests today. Everyone competed at a high level and I'm very happy with our performance.
The Eagles placed 10th out of 24 female teams with 289 points. Florida claimed the team victory with 29 points over the second-place hosting Seminoles (63).
The team is currently pending approval of a final regular-season meet next weekend before competing in the Sun Belt Championship Nov. 2 in McDonough.
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