TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ---- The Auburn Montgomery women's cross country team enjoyed a strong showing in their last meet of the year before the conference championship. The team finished seventh out of 15 teams at the FSU Invitational as junior Benisse Inamahoro led the way with an 11th place finish.
NOTES
• A total of 21 teams competed in the meet, six Division I schools and 15 non-DI schools.
• 74 runners raced in the DI division while 116 raced in the non-DI division.
• Florida State's Militsa Mircheva was the first runner to cross the finish line, recording a time of 17:45.2. She finished seven seconds faster than the second-place runner.
INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
• Inamahoro was the first to finish for AUM, recording a time of 19:41.4 to finish 11th overall.
• Senior Katelynn Burns placed 42nd overall with a time of 20:52.1.
• Freshman Victoria McCurry finished 47th in the field, recording a time of 21:14.7.
• Junior Ansley Story finished 52nd posting a time of 21:29.9.
• Junior Tanishya Jones was the next Warhawk to finish with a time of 22:46.0, placing 74th overall.
• Senior Kelly Dawson placed 82nd with her time of 23:15.6
• Senior Brooke Schultz rounded out the scoring for the Warhawks, finishing 84th overall with a time of 23:27.5.
TEAM FINISHES
• Tampa earned the team title with just 34 points as a team. Tampa runners averaged a time of 19:24.6.
• AUM finished seventh out of 15 teams competing in the meet. The Warhawks finished ahead of Loyola-New Orleans, Pasco-Hernando State College, Webber International, Georgia Southwestern, Tallahassee Community College, FSCJ, Florida College and Chipola College.
QUOTING THE COACH
"Our girls ran extremely well," head coach Ryan Thompson said. "Benisse had a strong outing for us as well as Katelynn, Ansley, Victoria and Kelly. This was their first 5k run of the season and I feel like that held them back in the competition. There are still teams in front of us I think we can beat and we will look to finish strong at the conference championship in two weeks."
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 21 when they travel to Danville, Ala. to compete in the Gulf South Conference Championship.
