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Cross Country Set For Florida Invite

Sept. 19, 2014

THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech cross country team travels south to Gainesville, Fla. this weekend for the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational. The men’s 8K begins at 7:55 a.m. and the women’s 5K starts at 8:30 a.m. Heading into the meet, the men’s team is ranked No. 9 in the South Region in the most recent USTFCCCA poll.

The Yellow Jacket men’s cross country team opened the 2014 season in strong fashion with victories over Georgia and Mercer at the UGA Invite. The Georgia Tech women defeated Mercer 15-49, but narrowly fell to the Bulldogs, 25-30, in the season opener.

Tech benefitted from standout individual performances from seniors Jeremy Greenwald and Katie Townsend. Greenwald’s time of 25:53 secured first place in the men’s 8K competition. Katie Townsend led the women’s team with a 5K time of 18:19. Both performances garnered conference-wide recognition as Greenwald was named ACC Male Co-Performer of the Week and Townsend was honored as ACC Female Performer of the Week.

Saturday’s invitational marks the first time the Georgia Tech men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in The Sunshine State since the 2012 NCAA South Regionals. The men’s team will compete in a 27-team field whereas the women’s team will be one of 29 teams racing on Saturday morning.

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Time

Division

7:55 a.m.

University/College/Open – Men 8K

8:30 a.m.

University/College/Open – Women 5k

9:05 a.m.

Varsity HS Boys – 5,000 meters

9:35 a.m.

Varsity HS Girls – 5,000 meters

10:05 a.m.

Junior Varsity HS Boys – 5,000 meters

10:35 a.m.

Junior Varsity HS Girls – 5,000 meters

Men

Women

Ave Maria

Ave Maria

Edward Waters

Edward Waters

Embry-Riddle

Embry-Riddle

Flagler

Flagler

Florida

Florida

Florida A&M

Florida A&M

Florida Atlantic

Florida Atlantic

Florida College

Florida College

Florida Gulf Coast

Florida Gulf Coast

Florida Southern

Florida Southern

Florida Tech

No. 6 Florida State

Georgia Tech

Florida Tech

Jacksonville

Georgia Tech

Johnson & Wales (Fla.)

Jacksonville

Kennesaw State

Johnson & Wales (Fla.)

Miami

Kennesaw State

North Florida

Miami

Northwood (Fla.)

North Florida

Saint Leo

Northwood (Fla.)

South Florida

Saint Leo

Southeastern U.

South Florida

St. Thomas (Fla.)

Southeastern U.

Tampa

St. Thomas (Fla.)

Troy

Stetson

Warner

Tampa

Webber

Troy

West Florida

UCF

 

Webber

 

West Florida

 

 

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