Jacksonville, FL – The Daytona State Men's and Women's Cross Country teams traveled to the University of North Florida Invitational Friday, September 7^th.  This was the second meet for both squads in their inaugural season. The men's team finished 6^th out nine teams, in a field where the top five teams were NCAA Division 1.  The Falcons won their division with the first four runners finishing only 27 seconds apart.   On the women's side, the Falcons finished seventh out of ten teams, and second among schools in their division. "This was a much better outing for us than the week before, and I think this group will just get better every meet."  Coach Judy Wilson commented after the race.  

Freshman Andrew Guillory, former Mainland high school standout, led the men's team for the second week in a row.  As this race was 5,000 meters, Guillory currently holds both school records in the 5k and 8k distances.  "Andrew ran 17:30 today, and his high school personal best was 17:25, so theoretically he is way ahead of where he was last year at this time and that is a good thing." Wilson commented.   

Bego Lopez, DeLand, FL, was the lead runner for the women's squad.  In her college debut, Bego finished 45^th out of 104 runners.  She was the 2^nd runner among division runners with a time of 12:16 for the 3000 meter distance.  Four seconds behind her was Kristine Gray with a time of 12:20, in 4^th place among division runners. 

DSC Individual Places/Times -5k              

                                  Overall                 Div                        

                                   Place                 Place           Finish                    /Mile                     /K               

Andrew Guillory               38                     4              17:30*                   5:35                     3:30              

Ari G-Wolf                       40                     5              17:33                     5:35                     3:30.5        

Tyler Simmons                 43                     6              17:46                     5:40                     3:33            

Jesse Barral                     45                     7              17:57                     5:43                     3:35.5                  

David Phillips                   57                    14             18:39                     5:58                      3:44            

Devin Boyle                     68                    19             19:46                     6:20                      3:57            

Preston Walsh                  73                    20             20:43                     6:40                      4:10.5       

Gap btn  1-4 = 27 sec, btn 1-5 = 1:09

DSC Individual Places/Times -3k (1.89 miles)                     

                                   Overall                Div                        

                                    Place                 Place          Finish                    /Mile                     /K          

Bego Lopez                     45                      2              12:16*                   6:30                    4:04       

Kris Gray                         52                     4              12:20                     6:32                    4:05       

Moriya Patsch                  63                     11             12:41                     6:40                    4:13       

Kylie Dedeo                     71                      14            13:02                     6:50                    4:20       

Janie Davidson                 72                     15            13:05                     6:50                    4:21       

Baylee Mills                      81                     17            13:36                     7:10                    4:32       

Jenny Enslin                     82                     18            13:39                     7:11                    4:33       

Carol Adams                     97                     27            15:00                     8:00                    5:00                       

Hannah Brown                  98                     28            15:04                     8:05                    5:01       

Gap btn 1-5 = 1:25                           * School record

Next up for the squad is the Embry Riddle Cross Country Classic at Embry Riddle on Saturday, Sept 15^th.  The men's 8k race is at 7:20am and the women's 5k race is at 7:50am.