BRONX, NY – Senior runner Carley Lutzow finished third individually en route to claiming ASUN First-Team honors as the FGCU women's and men's cross country teams finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the ASUN Championship at Van Cortlandt Park.

Lutzow (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere HS) crossed the finish line third individually with a time of 18:03.40 as she became an ASUN First teamer for a second consecutive year after placing seventh overall in last season's conference championship. Her run today gave her the second-highest finish in FGCU history only behind Kelly Perzanowski who placed first in 2013. Now with four meets under her belt this year, the Illinois Native has placed in the top-3 of each race.

Freshman Jillian Felton (Inverness, Fla./Citrus High School) scored in second for the Eagles with a 27th place-finish with a time of 19:30.95. Bridget Schoffman (19:52.51) and Angela Cruz Gonzalez (Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee HS/Pasco-Hernando State) (20:10.01) both placed 38th and 40th, respectively while Emily O'Connor (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg High School) gave the Eagles five runners in the top-50, coming in 43rd with a mark of 20:24.16.

In addition, Julia Filip (Owasso, Okla./Owasso High School) placed 55th (21:25.32) as Madeline Wyers (Wakeman, Ohio/Western Reserve HS) went on to finish 63rd (22:13.33).

"The women had a strong race, overall this team has been a joy to be around and coach," said Cassandra Goodson. "They run hard for each other and support one another. I'm very happy for Carley's First Team honors. She earns everything she gets! Looking forward to seeing what she brings to the regional championship in a few weeks!"

Overall for the women scored 133 points to finish fourth only behind UNF (87), Liberty (50) and Lipscomb (29) who took home the ASUN crown for the seventh time in the last eight seasons.

On the men's side, the Eagles registered 151 points to come in fifth overall. Jan Figueroa (Casselberry, Fla./Lake Howell HS) was the first member of the Green and Blue to score as he finished 25th with a time of 26.20 – a season-best 8k time. Two runners later, it was Lucas Kiprotich (Eldoret, Kenya/EKU/Concord HS) behind Figueroa with a time of 26:27.90 while Boniface Mutai (Eldoret, Kenya/Biwott Ngelel Tarit Secondary School/FAMU), Ronny Greenup (Miami, Fla./FIU/Miami Sunset Senior HS) and Bryce Bell (Orlando, Fla./Lyman High School) rounded out the list of scoring finishing 34th (26:43.0), 36th (26:46.8), and 42nd (27:23.3), respectively.

Joseph Salerno (Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch HS) and Cole Pruim (Winter Garden, Fla./Legacy HS) finished right behind each other in 48th (29:00.30) and 49th-place (28:02.2). Austin Redondo (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef Senior High School) gave FGCU all of its runners in the top-60 coming in 57th (28:40.30).

"The men too are a joy to be around and coach," added Goodson. While they ran their hearts out, the results were not what we wanted. On a positive note, Jan had a big breakthrough and I'm so happy he stepped up at such an important time. We are a young group so I look forward to the future with this team."

UNF claimed its second ASUN crown in three seasons with 25 points as Liberty (34), Lipscomb (75) and Stetson (149) rounded out the list of teams ahead of the Eagles.

All said multiple Eagles broke their own personal course records with their second race this year at Van Cortlandt Park (Fordham Fiasco). Felton shattered her time by more than thirty seconds, Cruz was 17 seconds faster this time around, Filip etched a new mark by six seconds and Wyers was 13 seconds quicker.

With the men, Figueroa broke his course record by more than 80 seconds, Mutai's mark was 33 seconds faster while Greenup and Salerno registered new times being 17 and 11 seconds faster, respectively.  

Women's Team Results
1. Lipscomb – 29
2. Liberty – 50
3. UNF – 87
4. FGCU – 133
5. JU – 144
6. UNA – 164
7. KSU – 169
8. Stetson – 192
9. NJIT - 227

Men's Team Results
1. UNF – 25
2. Liberty – 34
3. Lipscomb – 75
4. Stetson – 149
5. FGCU – 151
6. NJIT – 181
7. KSU – 183
8. UNA – 193
9. JU – 266

ASUN Women's First Team All-Conference
1. Courtney Brenner – Lipscomb – ASUN Runner of the Year
2. Noel Palmer – Liberty
3. Carley Lutzow – FGCU
4. Brooke Kingma – Lipscomb
5. Calli Pallier - Liberty
6. Nora McUmber – Jacksonville
7. Kayla Rudie - Lipscomb

ASUN Women's Second Team All-Conference
1. Lauren Flynt – Lipscomb
2. Grace Lahey - Lipscomb
3. Grace Gumpel - North Florida
4. Hayleigh Palotti – Jacksonville
5. Emma Knight - North Alabama
6. Greer Wilson - Liberty
7. Lauren Hirneisen - Liberty

ASUN Men's First Team All-Conference
1.  Azaria Kirwar - Liberty - ASUN Runner of the Year
2.  Noah Perkins - North Florida
3.  Nathan Jurban - North Florida
4.  Rob Leverone - North Florida
5.  Augostine Lisoreng – Liberty
6.  Nick Morken - North Florida
7.  Silas Griffith - Lipscomb

ASUN Men's Second Team All-Conference
1. Benjamin Klemmeck - Liberty
2. Nick Doan - Liberty
3. Christian Conder - North Florida
4. Felix Kandie - Liberty
5. Zach Israel - Lipscomb
6. Fynn Timm - North Florida
7. Hillary Melly - Stetson

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COACH GOODSON
FGCU is led by Cassandra Goodson, whose nine seasons at the helm have taken the Eagles from their humble beginnings to a competitive D-I program, highlighted by seven trips to the NCAA South Regional Championship. Every mark in the FGCU all-time record book has been etched during the Goodson era, as she has coached 19 ASUN All-Conference selections, the 2013 Female Conference Runner of the Year and two members of the NCAA South All-Region Team.

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