Richmond, Ky. – The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles equaled their best finish in program history at the ASUN Championships on Friday, with Alise Petrova and Rhyen Foley turning in top 10 performances to lead the Eagles to a third place team finish. 

The Eagles finished with 92 points, behind only Lipscomb with 15 and North Florida with 65. Stetson was 32 points behind FGCU and the field was closed out by West Florida, Queens, Bellarmine, and Jacksonville. 

FGCU was led by Alise Petrova who posted a ninth place finish with an 18:18.5. She got off to a quick start, turning in her best split of the day in the second thousand meters with a 3:25.9. Rhyen Foley was less than a second behind her with an 18:19.2, also good for a top 10 finish. Addison Torres was third for the Eagles with a 19:15.3 in 23^rd place while Madison Janke put together a strong late push for a 33^rd place finish at 19:43.6. Tess Shultz and Juliana Courville came in consecutively behind her in 34^th and 35^th respectively. 

The Eagles third place finish matches their best finish in program history at the event, equaling the 2014 and 2015 squads that also finished third. 

Next up for FGCU is a trip to Tallahassee on Nov. 13 for the NCAA South Region Championships with a trip to the NCAA Championships on the line. 

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