FGCU Cross Country Notes & Information
Meet Details	Friday, October 7 | Men's 8k | 7:40 am | Women's 5k | 8:15 am
Location	Tallahassee, Fla. // Apalachee Regional Park
Teams	LSU, Miami, USF, Indiana Wesleyan, Tampa, William Carey, Jacksonville, Florida Tech
Live Results	Here
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU men's and women's cross country teams will be back in action on Friday morning, competing in the FSU Invite. The meet is highly competitive both on the men's and women's side.

The men's 8K will begin at 7:40 a.m., while the women's 5K will start at 8:15 a.m. There will be over 30 men's and women's teams including the Seminoles women's team who are ranked N0. 24 along with three participating schools among the top 20 in the 2022 NAIA D1 Cross Country National Rankings: Second-ranked Indiana Wesleyan, fourth-ranked The Master's, and 18th-ranked William Carey. 


Live results will be available for both races through https://live.pttiming.com/XC-PTT.html?mid=5224
 
The Green and Blue
The men's squad will be looking to capitalize off their 17th-place finish at the North Alabama Showcase. Graduate student Osman Humeida (South Riding, Va.) led the Eagles by finishing 11^th and producing a new FGCU  8k record with a time of 24:01.6 and defeating runners from Alabama, Kentucky, Auburn, and Georgia to name a few. Bus Baker (Richmond, Va. /Louisville) ran a time of 4:40.40 to move into the third spot for the best Eagle time in the 8k.
On the women's side, the Eagles will look to build on their 19^th-place finish at the UNA Showcase. Sophomore Karley Piers (Falmouth, Maine) was the highest finisher on the women's side with a time of 18:05.53 in the 5k. Freshman Gabrielle Spain (Sioux Falls, S.D.) lowered her time from her first meet at the UCF invite to 19:40.5.

Participating Schools Include:
No. 24 Florida State
Embry-Riddle (NCAA II)
NR/RV Tampa (NCAA II)
No. 2/NR Indiana Wesleyan (NAIA)
No.4 /No. 5 The Master's (NAIA)
NR/ No. 18 William Carey (NAIA)
NR/RV Southeastern (NAIA)
No. 7/ NR Daytona State College (NJCAA)
No. 15/ NR Lake Sumter State College (NJCAA)
No. 17/NR Pasco-Hernando State College (NJCAA)
Bethune-Cookman
Eastern Florida
Flagler
Florida A&M (Women only)
Florida Gateway College (Women only)
Florida Tech
Jacksonville
Jacksonville St.
Life
LSU
Miami (Fla.)
Mobile
North Georgia (Women only)
Palm Beach Atlantic
Saint Leo
Shawnee State
USF
Southern Wesleyan
Stetson (Men only)
Tallahassee CC
Thomas (Ga.)
Valdosta State
West Florida
 
FOLLOW ALONG
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COACH GOODSON
FGCU is led by Cassandra Goodson, whose 15 seasons at the helm have taken the Eagles from their humble beginnings to a competitive D-I program, highlighted by eight 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 21 ASUN All-Conference selections, the 2013 Female Conference Runner of the Year and three members of the NCAA South All-Region Team.

#FEEDFGCU
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 92 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 45 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn at at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 26 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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