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Photo Gallery: UF Cross Country, 9/18/09 : The University of Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams took first place for the fifth consecutive year at the Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday evening.  The No. 14 women tallied 18 points and the men recorded 20 points as both teams placed six Gators in the top 10.

Junior Charlotte Browning won the women’s 5K, clocking in at 17:25.08, the third-best time ever run at the Gator Invitational. She also recorded the third-best time on the UF Golf Course in Gator history. Sophomore Genevieve LaCaze, last year’s winner, came in second in 17:41.03. 

Junior Kaitlin Shiver placed fourth (17:46.55), senior Julie Northrup finished fifth, setting a new personal-best time (17:52.18) and junior Laura Garrow rounded out the scoring for the Gators with an eighth-place finish in 18:13.98.

Junior Ali Crabb finished right behind Garrow in ninth (18:15.92) and freshman Sydney Devore earned 26th place in her first-ever collegiate meet (18:52.88).  Redshirt junior Alison Babb placed 35th (19:17.89) while freshmen Erica Taltos finished 59th (20:07.84) and Callie Cooper finished 71st (20:28.32) out of 227 runners.

Tampa came in second, USF took third, while Jacksonville and UCF rounded out the top five women’s team. 

Junior Anthony Morales led the way for the men’s team with a second-place finish in a new personal-best time of 24:24, the 10th-best time for a Gator on the UF Golf Course. Senior Aaron Kindt crossed the line in third overall, also setting a new personal-best time (24:45.9). 
 
Freshman Derek Wehunt started his UF career on a high note, tallying a fifth-place finish (25:07.3), while senior James Uthmeier significantly improved his personal-best time, finishing sixth in 25:08.4.  Classmate Matt Hensley was the final Gator to score, placing seventh (25:11.7). 

Redshirt freshman Daniel Manco recorded a fourth-place finish, running unattached, in a new personal-best time (25:03.8). Sophomore Michael Anderson was the final Gator to finish in the top 10, coming in ninth (25:32.3). Sophomore Josh Izewski placed 15th (25:52.9), with freshman Tim O’Loughlin behind in 16th (25:58.7) running unattached. Classmates Dan Wehunt finished 33rd (26:43.8) and John Mitchell finished 111th (28:49.6), both also running unattached.

Embry-Riddle’s Evans Kirwa won the men’s race in a time of 24:21.1, recording the third-best time at the Gator Invitational.  His team took second and North Florida came in third.  Florida Southern was fourth and FAU claimed the fifth spot.

The Gators will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 2 when they travel to South Bend, Ind., for the Notre Dame Invitational.  Last season, the women placed fifth and the men tied for sixth in the high-competitive meet.

Photo Gallery: UF Cross Country, 9/18/09

The University of Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams took first place for the fifth consecutive year at the Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday evening. The No. 14 women tallied 18 points and the men recorded 20 points as both teams placed six Gators in the top 10. Junior Charlotte Browning won the women’s 5K, clockin ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2009 10:00pm PST

Photo Gallery: Cross Country, Mountain Dew Invitational, 9/20/08 : Photos by Casey Brooke Lawson
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The University of Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams won the 20th Annual Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday, marking the fourth consecutive year the Gators have taken first.  The women captured the top spot in the 5K race with 17 points, while the men won the 8K with 15 points.

The Gator women took the first three places in the meet.  Freshman Genevieve LaCaze began her career on the right foot by winning her first-ever collegiate race in a time of 17:34.79.  She landed in the fifth spot on the Gator Invitational top times list and third in the UF record books for fastest Gator on the UF Golf Course in a 5K race.  Sophomore Ali Crabb placed second, bumping up her career-best on the UF Golf Course to 17:36.99, which places fifth in the record books.  Senior Sara Petrick took the third spot with a time of 17:53.36.

“It’s really neat to see Genevieve [LaCaze] get off to such a great start,” Cross country coach Todd Morgan said.  “We were really excited about her coming to Florida and we knew she was going to be a great addition to the team.

Florida placed eight runners in the top 10 as senior Jacy Kruzel finished fifth (18:07.61), sophomore Kaitlin Shiver took sixth (18:14.49), senior Julie Northrup placed seventh (18:16.67), sophomore Laura Garrow finished ninth (18:19.33) and sophomore Charlotte Browning came in at number 10 (18:20.88). 

On the men’s side, senior Jeremy Criscione earned his second career first-place and seventh top-10 finish in a time of 24:38.75.  He was followed by six of his teammates, as the Gators placed nine runners in the top 10.  Junior Matt Hensley set a new career-best time with a second-place finish in 24:55.76 and classmate Sean Blaney came in third in 25:00.24. 

“We saw some huge breakthroughs on the men’s team,” Morgan said.  “Jeremy Criscione continues to do great things.  It was a huge breakthrough for Matt Hensley, which is great to see because he is a hard-working, blue collar guy.  It’s great to see his hard work pay off.”

Freshman Josh Izewski recorded a fourth-place finish in his first collegiate race in a time of 25:15.94.  He was followed by junior Aaron Kindt in fifth (25:18.54), redshirt freshman Geoffrey Anderson in sixth (25:31.37), senior Chris Mullaney in seventh (25:41.64), senior Al Matheny in ninth (25:51.00) and redshirt freshman Michael Anderson in 10th (25:54.18).

The Gators will compete next in the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on Friday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m.

Photo Gallery: Cross Country, Mountain Dew Invitational, 9/20/08

Photos by Casey Brooke Lawson -- The University of Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams won the 20th Annual Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday, marking the fourth consecutive year the Gators have taken first. The women captured the top spot in the 5K race with 17 points, while the men won the 8K with 15 points. Th ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2008 3:35pm PST

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