TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are set to hit the course at Appalachee Regional Park Friday morning in Tallahassee for the 2026 NCAA South Region Championships.
It marks the second time this season the Eagles will have run in Florida's state capitol after participating in the FSU Pre-Regional earlier this season where FGCU finished sixth on the women's side and third on the men's.
The FGCU women enter NCAA Regionals with some momentum after tying their best finish at the ASUN Championships in program history with a third place result two weeks ago in Richmond, Ky. Alise Petrova and Rhyen Foley turned in top 10 results to earn Second Team All-ASUN honors while Addison Torres finished 23rd, Madison Janke, Tess Shultz, and Juliana Courville all turned in top 35 finishes.
Petrova and Foley have been the Eagles' workhorses at the front of the pack this season, each turning in multiple top 10 finishes. Petrova has led FGCU in every race she has run in in 2026 while Foley's freshman campaign has included a pair of top 10s and a win at the Ed Holloway Classic in Lakeland.
On the men's side, FGCU is looking to bounce back from a frustrating fifth place finish at the ASUN Championships two weeks ago.
The Eagles come into Regionals with high hopes though after putting together a solid run earlier this season at Appalachee. The Eagles had four runners finish in the top 20 at the event in September with
Siyabonga Mokgothu and
Victor Kemboi leading the way in 12
th and 13
th and
Evan Casterline and
Innocent Ntwali not far behind in 15
th and 17th.
FGCU has finished in the top five in all five races they have run this year, including second place finishes at the Nike Town Twilight and the Ed Holloway Classic.
The women's 6k race will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the men's 10k following at 9:30 a.m.
Both races will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live results available at PTTiming.com.
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