The three-time defending MEAC champions accomplished this feat without one of their top runners. Effiey Kosgei, FAMU’s No.3 slot runner, was absent from the race in order to attend to nursing school responsibilities. FAMu head coach Darlene Moore would loved to have the win, but is satisfied with the outcome under the circumstances. “I love to win in track, don’t get me wrong, but I love for our ladies to win in the classroom as well. I am just as happy on graduation day as I am on championship day. When I bring in an athlete, I make a commitment that if they do what we ask, they will get a degree, and I hold to my part of that at all costs,” Moore said.
USF runner Catherine Blaney, blazed to a first place finish at 17:54.80, followed by UCF’s Holly Wooley who came in at 18:02.90.
FAMU’s Cynthia Chelelgo has hit another gear as of late and took third place in 18:05.00. Chelelgo, fresh off her top finish at the Bobby Lang Invitational last week, motored her way to the finish in a dead sprint. Moore attributed it to her being healthy for virtually her first time in four years.
“Cynthia has had nagging injuries in her time here. What we are seeing now is the true athlete in her. This is what we expected from her and we couldn’t be more pleased for her that she is finally able to perform like the top athlete she is,” Moore said.
Judith Kibii was the second Rattler to finish. She took eighth place overall, finishing in 18:24.5. QuanDra Shanks ran a speedy race, taking 12th overall in 18:56.9. Fridah Limo rounded out the quartet of Lady Rattlers who finished in the Top 20, with a 14th place finish 19:00.50.
Emmaculate Kiplagat finished 29th in 19:27.0, rounding out the scoring for the Lady Rattlers. Nicole Kvitkauskas placed 40th in 19:53.80. Caroline Kiplagat took 48th place in 20:06.50. April Polite placed 61st, finishing in 20:39.40. Ddestiny Johnson rounded out the Rattler squad, finishing in 21:24.6.
The Lady Rattlers will take next weekend off to prepare for the 2015 MEAC Cross Country Championships. “We won’t run in a meet next week. What we’ll do is prepare ourselves with miles. We’ll also train on the hilly surfaces of Tallahassee. Today’s course was the most challenging course we’ve faced. It will allow us to fare well as we run on the flat surfaces of Delaware in the MEAC championship,” Moore said.
FSU Cross Country Invitational Results
D1 Results 5000 Run
1 Jacksonville 63 4 9 10 16 24 42
Total Time: 1:33:37.80
Average: 18:43.56
2 Florida A&M 66 3 8 12 14 29 40 47
Total Time: 1:33:53.90
Average: 18:46.78
3 South Florida 81 1 6 7 23 44 45 55
Total Time: 1:33:30.30
Average: 18:42.06
4 Ucf 94 2 11 13 22 46 53 57
Total Time: 1:34:58.70
Average: 18:59.74
5 Florida Atlantic 114 15 17 19 31 32 35 52
Total Time: 1:36:22.40
Average: 19:16.48
6 Florida State 124 18 21 25 26 34 37 41
Total Time: 1:36:35.10
Average: 19:19.02
7 Stetson 180 27 33 38 39 43 50 51
Total Time: 1:38:35.80
Average: 19:43.16
8 Florida 189 20 28 36 49 56 59 60
Total Time: 1:39:09.90
Average: 19:49.98
9 Miami 195 5 30 48 54 58 61
Total Time: 1:39:10.30
Average: 19:50.06
Non-D1 Results 5000 Run
1 Embry-Riddle 57 3 4 10 19 21 24 46
Total Time: 1:37:57.70
Average: 19:35.54
2 Alabama-Huntsville 78 1 13 17 22 25 31 41
Total Time: 1:38:59.10
Average: 19:47.82
3 Flagler 84 7 11 18 20 28 53
Total Time: 1:39:53.70
Average: 19:58.74
4 Southeastern U. 106 2 6 9 40 49 52 54
Total Time: 1:39:38.90
Average: 19:55.78
5 Florida Tech 123 5 23 27 29 39 48 50
Total Time: 1:40:43.60
Average: 20:08.72
6 Florida Southern 154 16 30 35 36 37 38 43
Total Time: 1:42:16.20
Average: 20:27.24
7 West Florida 172 14 26 32 44 56 57 59
Total Time: 1:43:08.90
Average: 20:37.78
8 Mobile 205 12 42 45 51 55 64 69
Total Time: 1:44:09.70
Average: 20:49.94
9 Saint Leo 253 8 47 62 66 70 72 74
Total Time: 1:48:13.20
Average: 21:38.64
10 Ave Maria 283 33 58 61 63 68 75 76
Total Time: 1:49:14.30
Average: 21:50.86
11 Florida College 286 15 60 65 67 79 81
Total Time: 1:51:21.30
Average: 22:16.26
12 Webber 333 34 71 73 77 78 80
Total Time: 1:56:24.60
Average: 23:16.92 COURTESY FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION
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