Nashville, TN – The Stetson men's and women's cross country team each earned 8^th place at the ASUN Championship.

The ladies were up first on a cool morning in Nashville, Juliet Tonkin and Blair Durda started out strong and never looked back. Tonkin led the Hatters with a 17:35.18 5K, which earned her a 12^th place finish, while Durda was not far behind crossing the line with a 17:44.45.

Up next were a trio of Hatters to cross the finish line as Annabelle Brink would finish with a 19:43.40. Madison Niederriter was right behind Brink running a 19:52.64 and Taylor Cushenberry finished with a time of 20.21.12.

Madeleine Empric would battle through pain much of the race and still was able to finish for the Hatters at 26:07.00.

The 12^th place finish earned Tonkin a spot on the ASUN All Conference second team. The 19^th place finish by Durda was enough to claim ASUN All Conference third team honors.

Overall, the Hatters would find themselves in eighth place as a team edging out North Alabama, Austin Pear, FGCU and Jacksonville.

Coaches Thoughts on the Women's Race:


The men would race at 10:00 AM and the temperature would rise considerably, making the already difficult course even tougher.

Collin Brooks would be the first Hatter to finish with a time of 25:57.54 good for 41st followed by Eduardo Diaz who crossed the line at 26:21.65 and then Conrad Voight 26:28.25.

Seth Singer would be up next with a 26:38.11 finish, Robbie Champa crossed the line next with a 26:49.78. Luke Danison started the first 2480m well and ended with a 26:57.20. Michael Petrovic and Patrick Pitts would have a strong last leg of the race to better their final position as they would run 27:09.50 and 27:22.20. All the Hatters would finish in the top 80 out of 107 runners total in the 8K men's race.

The men would finish in eight as a team in front of North Alabama, Jacksonville and Austin Peay.

Coaches Thoughts on the Men's Race:

 
Next up for the Hatters are the NCAA Regionals in Gainesville, Florida on November 10^th.
 
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