2006 Men's Cross Country - Year In Review
Bob Braman, Head Coach
Althea Belgrave, Graduate Assistant
Sean McManus, Assistant Coach
Joey Zins, Graduate Assistant
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2006 Men's Cross Country - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Bob Braman, Head Coach Althea Belgrave, Graduate Assistant Sean McManus, Assistant Coach Joey Zins, Graduate Assistant Click here to see individual mug shots |
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Mark Buckingham, Huddersfield, England
Luke Gunn, Forest Gate, England
2006 Roster - By Name
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* Trey Andrews Fr-R Titusville (Astronaut)
* Luke Beevor 6-10 Jr-R ** Luton, England (Icknield)
Jonathan Blocker Fr Tallahassee (Chiles)
Jordan Bradshaw Fr-R Bradenton (Lakewood Ranch)
* Mark Buckingham Jr Huddersfield, England (Sheffield Hallam)
J.P. Cook 5-10 Jr-R * Stuart (Martin County)
* Javier Cruz 5-9 So-R Miami (Belen Jesuit Prep)
Sam Gibbons So-R Tampa (Plant)
* Luke Gunn So Forest Gate, England (Birmingham)
Kenny Jesensky Sr-R Orlando (Doctor Phillips/Coastal Carolina/Coastal Carolina)
Tony Krock Fr-R Avilla, Ind. (East Noble)
Jason Lakritz Fr-R New Windsor, N.Y. (Newburgh Free Academy)
* Tom Lancashire 5-10 Sr *** Bolton, England (Turton)
* Andrew Lemoncello Sr-R ** Saint Andrews, Scotland (Madras College/Stirling)
Alex Miletich So-R Tallahassee (Chiles)
Christian Minor So Rockledge (Rockledge)
* Chris Nickinson 5-5 Jr-R * Pensacola (Washington)
Tommy Noyes Jr-R North Canton, Ohio (Hoover)
Stephen Wilson 6-2 Fr-R Brandon (Riverview)
2006 Conference Awards
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Tom Lancashire Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
Andrew Lemoncello Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
All-Conference - 2
2006 Schedule and Results
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| Appalachian State Invitational Boone, N.C. |
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| Notre Dame Invitational South Bend, Ind. |
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| FSU Invitational | |||||
| NCAA Pre-National Terre Haute, Ind. |
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| ACC Championship Charlottesville, Va. |
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| NCAA South Region Knoxville, Tenn. |
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| NCAA Championship Terre Haute, Ind. |
EOY StatsRef Overall Home Away Neutral ------------------------------------------------ FSU record is 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Results 1 North Carolina State 31 2 Florida State 79 3 Virginia 87 4 Duke 124 5 Clemson 132 6 Virginia Tech 145 7 Boston College 196 8 North Carolina 213 9 Wake Forest 261 10 Maryland 261 11 Georgia Tech 315 12 Miami 348
2006 EOY Stats
Team Overall Name Races Top 7 Top 10 Wins =============================================== Javier Cruz 6 6 0 0 Andrew Lemoncello 5 5 4 0 Tom Lancashire 5 5 3 0 Chris Nickinson 5 5 1 0 Luke Gunn 5 5 0 0 Mark Buckingham 5 5 0 0 Trey Andrews 4 2 0 0 Luke Beevor 3 3 0 0 Tony Krock 2 2 0 0 Tommy Noyes 2 2 0 0 Sam Gibbons 2 2 0 0 Jason Lakritz 2 1 1 0 Christian Minor 2 1 0 0 Kenny Jesensky 1 1 1 0 J.P. Cook 1 1 0 0 Stephen Wilson 1 1 0 0 Alex Miletich 1 0 0 0
This year marked the sixth-consecutive year that both squads placed in the top five at the State Farm Fields in Boone, N.C.
The Florida State University men's and women's cross country teams kicked off the season at the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State University.
BOONE, NC - The Florida State University men's and women's cross country teams kicked off the season at the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State University on Friday (Sept. 1). The women took home first place honors with a winning score of 30 points. The men's team also finished in the top five with 67 points, good enough to secure third place. This year marked the sixth-consecutive year that both squads placed in the top five at the State Farm Fields in Boone, N.C.
In the women's competition, the Seminoles finished four athletes in the top 10 and for the second year in a row took home the title of meet champions. Junior Amy Huss was tops on the team with a second-place time of 18:16.54. Head coach Bob Braman was pleased with the women's performance. "The top five were very, very close all night. We got a good win tonight."
Also scoring valuable points for the Seminoles was Barbara Parker (Norfolk, England) as she crossed the line in 18:32.95 for third place, Jessica Crate (Brights Grove, Ontario) with a time of 18:40.11 for 10th, Kirsten Hagen (Blacksburg, VA) clocking in at 18:41.15 in 11th and rounding out the top five, Debbie Huss with a time of 18:45.98 for 12th place.
The Seminole men finished third behind meet hosts Appalachian State (57) and first place Coastal Carolina (26). Junior Chris Nickinson (Pensacola, FL) scored the first points for FSU crossing the line in 10th place with a time of 26:35.11. Newcomers Trey Andrews (Titusville, FL) and Tony Krock (Avilla, IN) clocked in at 26:39.65 and 26:40.26 to finish in 12th and 13th respectively. Sophomore Javier Cruz (Miami, FL) contributed to the men's score with a time of 27:10.55 and junior Tommy Noyes (North Canton, OH) was the final scorer with a time of 27:31.05.
Andrew Lemoncello and Tom Lancashire did not run in the meet and were a few of the key performers absent from the top spots. "We were missing virtually our top five runners," Coach Braman explained, "the guys who ran were young but they did really well." That they did indeed, in fact three out of seven Seminole scorers were freshman.
The Florida State men and women keep the momentum going as they travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday, September 16, for the Crimson Classic.
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 10 Chris Nickinson 7 26:35.11 12 Trey Andrews 9 26:39.65 13 Tony Krock 10 26:40.26 22 Javier Cruz 19 27:10.55 27 Tommy Noyes 23 27:31.05 28 Sam Gibbons 24 27:33.05 29 J.P. Cook 25 27:34.28 34 Alex Miletich xxx 27:44.74 35 Christian Minor xxx 27:56.52 41 Jason Lakritz xxx 28:15.74
Seminoles Finish Strong at Notre Dame Invitational.
Florida State took fourth place in the women's and sixth in the men's races at the Notre Dame Invitational.
SOUTH BEND, IN - The Florida State men's and women's cross country teams competed in their first big meet of the season as they ran in the Notre Dame Invitational at Notre Dame, with both teams finishing in the top ten. The women placed fourth overall with a team score of 124 and the men placed sixth with 165 total points.
In the women's race, freshman Susan Kuijken (Steoelijk Gymnasium) was the first to score points for the Seminoles as she was the second to cross the line with a time of 16:52. "Susan's really good," Head Coach Bob Braman stated. "Placing second is huge for her; she beat a ton of All-Americans." Also scoring points for the women were sophomore Barbara Parker (Loughborough) with a time of 17:13, junior transfer Amy Huss (Vanderbilt) with a mark of 17:14, and senior Abi Wilshire (Birmingham) and junior co-captain Kirsten Hagen (Christiansburg) rounded-out the scoring as they clocked in at 17:41 and 17:44, respectively.
"This was a great meet for the women; they did an excellent job with the fourth place finish." Braman remarked. "Illinois was fourth in the country last year and we beat them today. We also finished ahead of our regional rivals Florida, Georgia and UNC Chapel Hill. So we beat a lot of good teams, I'm really pleased with them. This performance should move us into the top ten in the rankings."
For the men, Senior Andrew Lemoncello (Stirling) finished fourth with a time of 22:48 in his first race of the season. Fellow co-captain junior Tom Lancashire (Turton) was in eighth place across the line with an even time of 24:00. Rounding out the scoring for the men were junior Luke Gunn (Birmingham) with a time of 24:25, junior transfer Mark Buckingham (Sheffield) clocking in at 25:01 and junior Chris Nickinson (Booker T. Washington) with a 25:02 mark.
"The men did a good job for the first meet that counts," explained Coach Braman. "We struggled with Buckingham who came into the meet with a horrible chest cold. He is normally a top-ten finisher and wasn't there tonight. His being sick really cost us." The Notre Dame Invite was the first competition as a Seminole for Buckingham who transferred this season from England.
Although coming just five points shy of beating rivals Florida and Notre Dame is disappointing for the men's squad, they are definitely ahead of where they were this time last year, which is right where Braman expected them to be. While the Seminoles have been unsuccessful in beating the Gators at the ND Invite, they are undefeated against their in-state rival at the regional meet which takes place this year on November 11th.
Florida State's B-Team competes this Saturday, September 30th, in Auburn, Ala. at the Auburn Invitational. That meet will be followed by the FSU Invitational, which the Seminoles host on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at the Miccosukee Greenway.
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 4 Andrew Lemoncello 4 23:48 8 Tom Lancashire 8 24:00 29 Luke Gunn 29 24:25 62 Mark Buckingham 62 25:01 64 Chris Nickinson 64 25:02 85 Javier Cruz 85 25:15 94 Tony Krock 94 25:23 103 Trey Andrews xxx 25:27
Seminoles Sweep The FSU Invitational.
Florida State took home the crown once again in the men's and women's races at their first home meet of the season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State men's and women's cross country teams have once again claimed the team championship at their own FSU Invitational at Miccosukee Greenway on Saturday, Oct. 7th. The men's and women's B Teams competed and finished on top with 66 points for the men and 17 points for the women.
In the women's race, the leading pack was full of Seminoles as they were the first four athletes to cross the line, nearly sweeping the competition. Redshirt junior Jessica Crate (Brights Grove, Ontario, Canada/Arizona State) was the first runner to cross the line with a time of 17:46.72, earning the first of 17 points for FSU. Next up was junior Audrey Hand (Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam) in second place with a time of 18:16.34, in third place with a mark of 18:24.80 was redshirt freshman Christina Woytalewicz (Brandon, FL/Riverview) and the fourth Seminole across was junior Shannon Coates (Delreay Beach, FL/Spanish River) with a clock of 18:37.29. Rounding out the scoring in seventh place was redshirt junior Meredith Urban (Raleigh, NC/Green Hope) with an 18:53.57 mark.
"I was really pleased with our B Team ladies," Head Coach Bob Braman said. "They went one through four today which is really impressive. Jessica Crate looked awesome and I'm really pleased with her performance. I think we'll keep those top four in the mix with our varsity squad since we may need them at the end of the year. But overall, all of our ladies did great today and I'm very pleased."
For some of the women, today's race marked personal records for them, including Jessica Crate who shaved nearly two minutes off her record from last season. Also claiming PRs today were Audrey Hand and Christina Woytalewicz who both bettered their previous records by over one minute each.
"The guys did a nice job today," Braman stated. "We got the win and that's always a good thing."
Leading the scoring for the men was redshirt freshman Jason Lakritz (New Windsor, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) who finished in fifth place with a time of 26:01.29, setting a personal record. The next to score was junior Kenny Jesensky (Orlando, FL/Coastal Carolina) in ninth setting a new personal record with a time of 26:04.53, Christian Minor in 12th with a mark of 26:13.06, junior Tommy Noyes (North Canton, OH/Hoover) was the 17th to finish with a clock of 26:35.53 and rounding out the scoring for the Seminoles in 48th place was redshirt freshman Steven Wilson (Tallahassee, FL/Riverview) with a 28:13.95 mark.
"Jonathan Blocker ran unattached and placed fourth which is good for him," Braman noted. "Luke Beevor also ran unattached and we hope to get him ready in the next few weeks so he can be big at the conference and national meets."
The Seminole men have taken home the championship from the FSU Invitational five years in a row, while the women have claimed the title four years running.
The next meet for Florida State will be the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday, October 14th.
Men Team Scores ============================================================== Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 ============================================================== 1 Florida State University 66 3 7 8 12 36 37 2 Embry-Riddle 73 9 10 13 18 23 26 30 3 University of West Florida 79 1 11 19 21 27 32 39 4 University of Tampa 90 2 16 20 24 28 33 38 5 Florida A&M University 101 4 5 6 41 45 46 6 Troy University 106 14 15 17 25 35 42 7 University of North Florida 156 22 29 31 34 40 43 44
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 5 Jason Lakritz 3 26:01.29 9 Kenny Jesensky 7 26:04.53 12 Christian Minor 8 26:13.06 17 Tommy Noyes 12 26:35.53 48 Stephen Wilson 36 28:13.95 49 Sam Gibbons 37 28:16.13
Men's Cross Country Places Second At The 2006 Pre-Nationals While Women Place Seventh.
Senior Andrew Lemoncello places fifth while junior Amy Huss leads the women in 27th.
TERRE HAUTE, IN - The Florida State No. 27 Men's and No. 12 Women's Cross Country teams ran at the 2006 Pre-Nationals today, October 14th. The men placed second with their highest Pre-Nationals finish ever with 141 points. The women's team placed seventh with 268 points.
On the men's team, senior Andrew Lemoncello (St. Andrews, Scotland) placed fifth with a time of 23:45.8. After competing sick at Notre Dame two weeks ago, junior Mark Buckingham (Huddersfield, England) came back strong with a 13th place finish for a 24:01.1 finish. Coming in right after him was junior Tom Lancashire (Bolton, England) placing 14th at 24:01.6. Junior Luke Gunn (Forest Gate, England) placed 26th with a time of 24:09.5. With a lifetime best of 24:47.1 was junior Chris Nickinson (Pensacola, Fla.) to place 83rd.
"We came into the meet placed 27th in the country and now we are looking at a definite top ten ranking," said head coach Bob Braman. "We beat our arch rival NC State, who was the number one team in the ACC, they beat us badly at Notre Dame. Probably the MVP of the team was Mark Buckingham. Mark was sick two weeks ago and finished sixtieth at Notre Dame and today had a much better finish and was our number two guy and finished thirteenth overall."
On the women's side, junior Amy Huss (Wyomissing, Penn.) placed the fourth fastest time ever at Florida State with a 27th finish of 20:49.2. Freshman Susan Kuijken (Nijemor, Netherlands) had a time of 21:08.1 to finish 51st. Senior Barbara Parker (Norfolk, England) finished behind her at 53rd with a time of 21:09.9. Finishing in 62nd was junior Jessica Crate (Brights Grove, Ontario, Canada) with her fastest time of 21:16.9. Junior Laura Bowerman (Temple Terrace, Fla.) closed out the top five with a 74th finish with a mark of 21:24.2.
"I really felt that the ladies competed hard. I probably ran them too hard last week in training," stated Braman. "A few of them were fighting hard but not running as hard as they liked to. We also had a bunch of lifetime best times. That is the fastest our fifth girl has ever run at any meet in the history of Florida State. We have accomplished what we came here to do which was to run hard, compete hard and to get some victories. Trust me, in two weeks at the ACCs, there are going to be some awfully hungry ladies out there trying to win the championship."
"What we were trying to do at this meet was beat a lot of great teams. Both teams, men and women, beat a lot of great teams. We pretty much punched our tickets to the National Championships today as long as we are in the top three or four at the Regions."
The Seminoles' next meet is at the ACC Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia on October 28th.
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 5 Andrew Lemoncello 5 23:45.8 13 Mark Buckingham 13 24:01.1 14 Tom Lancashire 14 24:01.6 26 Luke Gunn 26 24:09.5 83 Chris Nickinson 83 24:47.1 146 Javier Cruz 146 25:10.7 212 Trey Andrews 212 25:51.6
Seminoles Finish 2nd And 4th, Respectively, At ACC Meet.
Lemoncello, Lancashire and Kuijken earn all-conference honors.
The Florida State men's and women's cross country programs earned top five finishes at the 2006 ACC Cross Country Championships held in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday morning. For the fourth straight season, the men's squad finished second while the women's team earned its best mark with a fourth-place finish.
Rounding out the top five team finishes on the men's side were: 1. NC State (31 pts); 2. FSU (79 pts); 3. Virginia (87 pts); 4. Duke (124 pts); 5. Clemson (132 pts).
"On the men's side, we got beat by probably a better team today," FSU head coach Bob Braman said. "I really think two things. One, we've been training really hard and I think we may have been tired. Secondly, it was really, really hilly and there's just nothing we can really do in Tallahassee to prepare for that. We'll be looking ahead to regionals and nationals and try to still be a top 10 team. That's our goal."
The Florida State women finished with 118 points, the Seminoles' lowest score ever. The top five on the women's side: 1. NC State (59 pts); 2. Duke (88 pts); Virginia (104 pts); Florida State (118 pts); 5. Virginia Tech (123 pts).
"In the big picture on the women's side, we made a lot of progress this year and I'm real proud of that," Braman said. "Susan Kuijken was our first in and she finished sixth and made all-conference and just missed being Freshman of the Year. Amy Huss was 15th and missed all-conference by one spot. Jessica Crate was 24th, so pretty solid. After that, we had a good pack but the pack was maybe a few spots from where we'd like to have been on a perfect day, but it was a good solid day, our highest finish ever.
"Both teams have a lot to look forward to with regionals and nationals in front of us and there is a lot of work still to be done."
Individually, Andrew Lemoncello and Tom Lancashire earned all-conference honors with second and 10th place finishes, respectively. Kuijken earned all-conference honors for the Florida State women.
MEN'S TEAM FINISHES:
Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7
1 NC State 31 4 5 6 7 9 13 18
2 Florida State 79 2 10 16 19 32 36 60
3 Virginia 87 3 14 15 21 34 38 42
4 Duke 124 11 17 30 31 35 37 48
5 Clemson 132 1 8 33 41 49 66 73
6 Virginia Tech 145 20 23 25 26 51 54 65
7 Boston College 196 12 39 40 50 55 61 71
8 North Carolina 213 24 27 47 56 59 62 68
9 Wake Forest 217 28 43 44 45 57 63 74
10 Maryland 261 29 46 53 64 69 70 75
11 Georgia Tech 315 22 58 76 77 82 83 84
12 Miami 348 52 67 72 78 79 80 81
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 2 Andrew Lemoncello 2 24:00.3 10 Tom Lancashire 10 24:38.9 16 Luke Gunn 16 24:54.9 20 Mark Buckingham 19 25:05.6 33 Javier Cruz 32 25:42.6 37 Chris Nickinson 36 25:49.9 61 Luke Beevor 60 26:25.1 68 Trey Andrews 26:40.9
Florida State Finishes On Top At NCAA South Region Championship.
The Seminole men took home the meet crown as the women finish strong in fourth.
KNOXVILLE, TN - The men and women of Florida State cross country proved they were in top shape as they took home first and fourth place honors at the 2006 NCAA South Region Cross Country Championship hosted by the University of Tennessee. The South Region Champion men earned 67 points and the fourth-place women finished with 84 team points.
For the men's team, senior co-captain Tom Lancashire (Bolton, England/Turton) was the first Seminole across the line in fifth place with a time of 31:02.3. "On the guy's side, I'm really surprised we won to be honest," Head Coach Bob Braman said. ""This is a very difficult course, so you've really got to be careful. We really weren't trying to win, we were actually trying to be in the top four and qualify for nationals."
The men ran the first half of the race in a pack with Lancashire pulling away near the end in an attempt to beat out some of the competition. Crossing the line a few steps behind him was fellow co-captain and senior Andrew Lemoncello (St. Andrews, Scotland/Stirling) in ninth place and a 31:33.9 mark. The rest of the pack included junior transfers Luke Gunn (Forest Gate, England/Birmingham) in 12th with a time of 31:40.6 and Mark Buckingham (Huddersfield, England/Shefield) in 14th with a clock of 31:46.3. Rounding out the scoring for Florida State was redshirt sophomore Javier Cruz (Miami, FL/Belen Jesuit) who finished in 27th with a career best time of 32:28.8.
"I'm really encouraged because Javier Cruz did a great job," Braman said. "He just missed making the All-Region Team but he ran his career best race. He was up against some of the best runners in the southeastern United States. Javier was the unsung hero for us."
On the women's side, it was a day of firsts for freshman Susan Kuijken (Nijmegen, Netherlands/Stedel˙k Gymnasium). This was the first regionals she had ever competed in and with the individual championship she set a new course record with her time of 20:54.1. The record she broke belonged to Florida State alumnus Vicky Gill who finished the course at the Lambert Acres Golf Club in 2002 with a time of 21:03.87.
"It's a good feeling. As a freshman, I don't really know any of these girls, so it was kind of a surprise," Kuijken said. "I've never run regionals before, so I had no idea where I might finish or where I could end up. I never would have thought that I could win a regional race, especially for my first win in America. I always thought that regionals would be harder than conference, but I ran a good race today." Also scoring for the Lady Noles were redshirt juniors Amy Huss (Wyomissing, Pa/Vanderbilt) and Jessica Crate (Brights Grove, Ontario/Arizona State) who finished in 12th place with a time of 21:40.8 and 14th with a time of 21:45.5, respectively. Crossing the line in 20th was senior Abi Wilshire (Saltford, Bristol, England/Birmingham) with a 22:02.5 mark and in 37th was redshirt junior Debbie Huss (Wyomissing, Pa/Vanderbilt) with a clock of 22:25.1. The women's performance today earned four of them spots on the All-Region Team's Top 25 list.
"Susan was dominating today, she ran really, really well," Braman said. "We rested our number three girl, Barbara Parker, who if had she run we would have probably been second, but that's not what this was all about. We rested Barbara and also Kirsten Hagen so we can have our best team fresh and ready for nationals in a week."
Qualifiers for the NCAA National Cross Country Championships will be announced tomorrow night, November 12th and will be posted on Seminoles.com. The nationals are November 20th in Terre Haute, Indiana.
MEN 10K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 5 Tom Lancashire 5 31:02.3 9 Andrew Lemoncello 9 31:33.9 12 Luke Gunn 12 31:40.6 14 Mark Buckingham 14 31:46.3 27 Javier Cruz 27 32:28.8 44 Luke Beevor 44 33:07.7
Florida State's Susan Kuijken Earns All-America Honors at NCAA Championship.
The men's and women's teams finished 30th and 21st, respectively.
TERRE HAUTE, IN - The Florida State men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Monday and finished 30th and 21st, respectively.
The women's team, ranked No. 29 entering the meet, struggled with the mudded course, a result of rain over the weekend, to earn 436 points. The team placed only five points away from a Top Twenty finish. Freshman Susan Kuijken finished 27th, earning 23 points, with a time of 21:18 and was awarded All-America honors. Next to cross the line was redshirt junior Debbie Huss earning 89 points with a 22:18 mark. Also scoring for the Seminoles were junior Laura Bowerman with 100 points and a 22:24 time, followed by redshirt seniors Barbara Parker with 109 points and a 22:28 time and Jessica Crate who scored 115 with her clock of 22:31.
"The women did a nice job," Head Coach Bob Braman said. "We're ranked 29th in the country and finished 21st. We were very close to a top 15."
Redshirt junior Amy Huss was unable to score for FSU due to a strained groin muscle she had been battling for a few weeks.
"I felt bad for Amy Huss who ran injured," Braman said. "We ran through a lot of thick mud the whole way because it had rained all week. And Amy has had that injury for the past two races now and she's been able to get through, but today there was nothing she could do."
"Overall the ladies did a nice job," Braman said. "Debbie Huss and Laura Bowerman did a great job, they stepped up. Effort-wise we did a nice job."
This is the second Top Twenty-five finish for the women since they last competed in 2003 and placed 18th.
"We were darn close to the best ever," Braman said. "I know this was a better team than the 2003 team. The difference being the 2003 team had two front-runners in Vicky Gill and Natalie Hughes. They were both All-Americans and today we had only one in Susan Kuijken who has done a phenomenal job in her freshman year. All and all I'm pleased that the top four that crossed the line today are coming back next year. The future is bright. These women did a great job and fought through it."
The No. 10 ranked men's team also struggled with the muddy course and an injured runner, Mark Buckingham, who battled with a bad knee.
"This team is one of the best we've had since I've been here," Coach Braman said. "It is the best regular season team that we've had all year. I was really shocked. Mark Buckingham had a bad knee injury that basically took him out of the race. When the mud showed up, that was it for Mark. We took a big hit there because Mark is one of our top guys."
Senior Andrew Lemoncello was the first to score for the Seminoles, earning 24 points with his time of 31:49. The rest of the 602 points the men received came from senior Tom Lancashire (65 points, 32:31), junior Luke Gunn (128 points, 33:12), junior Mark Buckingham (191 points, 34:20) who managed to score despite his injury, and rounding off the points was junior Luke Beevor (194 points, 34:22).
"It was a tough day," Braman said. "I really feel for these guys, I think they deserve a much better fate. But on this day it wasn't meant to be and I honestly can't say why."
2006 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS
HOSTED BY INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
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MEN'S 10OOO METER TEAM RESULTS POINTS
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1. Colorado 8 10 15 27 34 (118) (176) - 94
2. Wisconsin 7 9 13 49 64 (68) (161) - 142
3. Iona 12 22 35 46 57 (63) (152) - 172
4. Stanford 2 41 45 52 55 (76) (102) - 195
5. Oregon 4 29 30 62 71 (107) (149) - 196
Arkansas 5 25 28 50 88 (155) (189) - 196
7. Texas 20 33 44 51 98 (114) (163) - 246
8. William and Mary 17 37 69 79 90 (122) (174) - 292
9. Providence 3 48 58 78 106 (126) (181) - 293
10. Oklahoma State 31 47 73 93 112 (188) (205) - 356
11. Brigham Young 1 53 77 825 154 (162) (190) - 367
12. Washington 32 42 60 136 144 (156) (183) - 414
13. Cal Poly 11 94 96 113 127 (160) (209) - 441
14. Virginia 16 72 86 130 142 (198) - 446
15. Louisville 39 66 83 105 165 (182) (185) - 458
16. North Carolina State 67 81 85 104 132 (133) (175) - 469
17. Michigan State 70 75 108 109 111 (120) (177) - 473
18. Portland 54 61 84 141 147 (158) (186) - 487
19. Notre Dame 19 100 117 125 134 (140) (193) - 495
20. Kansas 14 23 129 151 192 - 509
21. Arizona 6 74 110 157 170 (179) (195) - 517
22. Florida 38 80 101 143 159 (187) (206) - 521
23. UCLA 36 59 116 164 171 (180) (197) - 546
24. Georgetown 87 89 97 124 150 (203) - 547
25. Butler 18 103 138 145 146 (178) (199) - 550
26. American 40 119 121 135 137 (172) (207) - 552
27. Cal-Santa Barbara 26 95 131 148 153 (168) (202) - 553
28. Iowa 43 56 139 169 173 (200) (204) - 580
29. Washington State 92 99 115 123 166 (184) (211) - 595
30. Florida State 24 65 128 191 194 (201) (212) - 602
31. Alabama 21 91 167 196 208 (210) - 683
MEN 10K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 43 Andrew Lemoncello 24 31:49 91 Tom Lancashire 65 32:31 163 Luke Gunn 128 33:12 229 Mark Buckingham 191 34:20 232 Luke Beevor 194 34:22 239 Javier Cruz 201 34:54 250 Chris Nickinson 212 36:28