FLORIDA TECH MEN AND WOMEN PLACE FOURTH AT 2006 SSC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
SUNRISE, Fla. (cross country) – Panthers take 4th place on both sides of the 2006 Sunshine State Conference Cross Country Championships.
The Florida Southern College men’s and women’s cross country teams each captured first place in their respective races at the 2006 Sunshine State
Conference Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships, hosted by Nova Southeastern University, on Saturday morning at Markham Park. The FSC men claimed
their 10th consecutive men’s SSC championship and 11th in the last 12 years, while the Mocs women earned their first SSC title since 2001.
The Florida Southern men scored 16 team points as Eric Walker (25:10), Evander Jones (25:18), Lief Thomason (25:53) and Scott Mackley (25:56), finished 1st
through 4th, while Trevor Step (26:31) placed 6th and Jon Alter (27:10) 10th individually, over the men’s 8,000-meter course.
In the women’s 6000-meter race, Florida Southern’s Jael Koech (22:29) crossed the finish line first, followed in the top-10 individually by teammates
Carolyne Kwambai 2nd (23:08), Rachel Anderson 3rd (23:19) and Danielle Shimer (25:18) 10th for a team-best total of 16 points and the overall women’s
title.
The University of Tampa men placed three runners in the top-10 and scored 49 team points for a second place team finish, as Tony Nicolosi’s (26:07) was
5th, Jere Lautzenheiser (26:38) placed 7th and David Forry finished 8th with a 26:48 time.
Host Nova Southeastern University was third as a team with 79 points, as Eskender Abdalla (26:58) placed 9th, Robert Maughan (27:13) 11th and Brandon
Petersen (28:11) 17th in the men’s 8K race.
The Florida Tech men were fourth with 106 team points, paced by Jared Doescher (27:20) who was 17th and Joe Peterson (28:19) who finished 19th overall. The
Rollins College men placed fifth with 135 points, behind Patrick Flynn (29:32) and Robert Hoffman (30:03), who were 23rd and 24th respectively. Saint Leo
University placed sixth with 164 points, as Travis Robbins (29:00) was 21st and Tony Dirth (33:56) placed 36th for the Lions.
In the women’s 6K, four-time defending SSC champions the University of Tampa captured second place with 40 team points. The Spartans were led by Paige
Williams (23:24) who was 4th, Alysha Duffy (23:40) 5th, Jessica Forrester (24:16) 8th, Michelle Gabrielle (25:19) 11th and Dara Fox (25:28) who was 12th
overall.
The Nova Southeastern women grabbed third place with 79 team points, as Bethany Brenkus (24:14) was 7th, Stefi Cevallos (25:14) 9th and Tara Haddock
(26:30) 19th individually, for the host Sharks.
The Florida Tech women placed fourth with 90 team points, behind Megan Pierce (25:28) 14th, Carolyn Salois (25:55) 17th and Jamie Wagner (26:25) 19th
individually. Rollins College was fifth with a team total of 145 points, as Kristina Aronson (24:12) was 6th individually and Saint Leo University placed
sixth with 167 team points and a 33rd place finish by Julie Carusone (29:26).
In the men’s division, Walker, Thomason and Mackley repeated as All-SSC First Team selections, joined by newcomers Jones and Nicolosi. The 2006 All-SCC
Second Team includes top-10 finishers Step, Lautzenheiser, Forry, Eskender and Alter.
In the women’s division, Koech and Anderson are repeat All-SSC First Team selections, while Kwambai, Williams and Duffy are first timers. Aronson and
Shimer repeat as All-SSC Second Team choices, while Brenkus, Forrester and Cevallos are first-time honorees.
MEN’S DIVISION (8K)
Team Scores
1. Florida Southern 16
2. Tampa 49
3. Nova Southeastern 79
4. Florida Tech 106
5. Rollins 135
6. Saint Leo 164
MEN’S INDIVIDUALS – TOP 10
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #726 Walker, Eric SR Florida Southern 25:10.00 1
2 #720 Jones, Evander FR Florida Southern 25:18.00 2
3 #725 Thomason, Lief JR Florida Southern 25:53.00 3
4 #722 Mackley, Scott SO Florida Southern 25:56.00 4
5 #738 Nicolosi, Tony FR University of Tampa 26:07.00 5
6 #724 Step, Trevor SR Florida Southern 26:31.00 6
7 #734 Lautzenheiser, Jere FR University of Tampa 26:38.00 7
8 #732 Forry, David JR University of Tampa 26:48.00 8
9 #701 Abdalla, Eskender SO Nova Southeastern 26:58.00 9
10 #718 Alter, Jon SR Florida Southern 27:10.00 10
Florida Tech Individual Men
12 #708 Doescher, Jared SR Florida Tech 27:20.00 12
19 #716 Peterson, Joe JR Florida Tech 28:19.00 17
26 #707 Beckwith, Eric SO Florida Tech 30:27.00 24
28 #710 Ferguson, Shane JR Florida Tech 30:46.00 26
29 #712 Golden, Sam JR Florida Tech 31:17.00 27
33 #714 Herron, Andy SR Florida Tech 32:00.00 31
34 #711 Gauthier, Ryan JR Florida Tech 33:30.00 32
37 #715 Kirk, Kyle FR Florida Tech 34:40.00
44 #709 Emery, Calvin FR Florida Tech 39:10.00
WOMEN’S DIVISION (6K)
Team Scores
1. Florida Southern 36
2. Tampa 40
3. Nova Southeastern 77
4. Florida Tech 90
5. Rollins 135
6. Saint Leo 167
WOMEN’S INDIVIDUALS – TOP 10
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #822 Koech, Jael SR Florida Southern 22:29.00 1
2 #823 Kwambai, Carolyne FR Florida Southern 23:08.00 2
3 #819 Anderson, Rachel SR Florida Southern 23:19.00 3
4 #833 Williams, Paige FR University of Tampa 23:24.00 4
5 #825 Duffy, Alysha FR University of Tampa 23:40.00 5
6 #843 Aronson, Kristina SO Rollins College 24:12.00 6
7 #801 Brenkus, Bethany SO Nova Southeastern 24:14.00 7
8 #828 Forrester, Jessica FR University of Tampa 24:16.00 8
9 #803 Cevallos, Stefi JR Nova Southeastern 25:14.00 9
10 #824 Shimer, Danielle JR Florida Southern 25:18.00 10
Florida Tech Individual Women
13 #816 Pierce, Megan FR Florida Tech 25:28.00 13
15 #817 Salois, Carolyn JR Florida Tech 25:55.00 15
17 #818 Wagner, Jamie SR Florida Tech 26:25.00 17
22 #812 Aia, Nicole FR Florida Tech 26:52.00 22
23 #815 Lindsay, Jen FR Florida Tech 26:57.00 23
26 #813 Bennett, Amy SR Florida Tech 27:44.00 25
32 #814 Jenkins, Trevi JR Florida Tech 29:01.00 29
