2010 Men's Cross Country - Year In Review
Bob Braman, Head Coach
Kenny Jesensky, Volunteer Assistant
Steve Mucchetti, Graduate Assistant
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2010 Men's Cross Country - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Bob Braman, Head Coach Kenny Jesensky, Volunteer Assistant Steve Mucchetti, Graduate Assistant Click here to see individual mug shots |
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Michael Wallace, Jacksonville
Jakub Zivec, Litomerice, Czech Republic
2010 Roster - By Name
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Jacob Brooks Jr * Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
Dominick Cabrera Fr Miami (Columbus)
Nathan Duby So-R Winter Springs (Winter Springs)
* David Forrester So Billinge, England (Liverpool)
* Mike Fout Jr ** LaPorte, Ind. (LaPorte)
Darrin Gibson So Tampa (Robinson)
John Grellner Fr-R Tampa (Wharton)
* Justin Harbor Sr-R *** Bunnell (Flager-Palm Coast/Oregon)
* Matt Leeder Sr *** Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Thousand Island Secondary)
* Nicholas Maedel Jr-R * Orange Park (Ridgeview/West Florida)
* Ciaran O'Lionaird Sr-R * Cork, Ireland (De La Salle/Michigan)
Tyler Price Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Wakulla)
* Seth Proctor Jr-R Orlando (Edgewater)
Sean Quinn Fr-R Punta Gorda (Bishop Verot)
Christopher Rego So Melbourne (Satellite)
* Wes Rickman So * Peyton, Colo. (Falcon)
Daniel Silva Jr-R Miami (Belen Jesuit Prep)
* Alex Smyth Sr-R Sequim, Wash. (Sequim/Eastern Washington)
Michael Wallace Fr Jacksonville (Bishop Kenny)
* Jakub Zivec Fr Litomerice, Czech Republic (Gymnazium Josefa Jungmann)
2010 Conference Awards
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Bob Braman Atlantic Coast Conference - Coach of the Year
David Forrester Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
Matt Leeder Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
Ciaran O'Lionaird Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
Wes Rickman Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
Jakub Zivec Atlantic Coast Conference - Freshman of the Year
Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference
All-Conference - 6
2010 All-Americans
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Mike Fout NCAA - All-American - 28th place
Ciaran O'Lionaird NCAA - All-American - 18th place
All-Americans - 2
2010 Schedule and Results
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| Covered Bridge Open Boone, N.C. |
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| Boston Chestnut Hill, Mass. |
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| Notre Dame Invitational South Bend, Ind. |
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| FSU Invitational | |||||
| Royal Cross Country Challenge Charlotte, N.C. |
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| Pre-Nationals Terre Haute, Ind. |
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| ACC Championship Chestnut Hill, Mass. |
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| NCAA South Regional Birmingham, Ala. |
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| NCAA Championship Terre Haute, Ind. |
EOY StatsRef Overall Home Away Neutral ------------------------------------------------ FSU record is 1- 0 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0
2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Results 1 Florida State 43 2 North Carolina State 81 3 North Carolina 84 4 Virginia 92 5 Duke 93 6 Wake Forest 209 7 Virginia Tech 242 8 Maryland 244 9 Boston College 254 10 Clemson 267 11 Georgia Tech 271 12 Miami 357
2010 EOY Stats
Team Overall Name Races Top 7 Top 10 Wins =============================================== Ciaran O'Lionaird 8 8 4 1 Mike Fout 8 8 3 0 Alex Smyth 8 8 1 0 Wes Rickman 8 7 1 0 Matt Leeder 6 6 2 0 David Forrester 6 6 1 0 Jakub Zivec 6 5 1 0 Justin Harbor 5 2 1 0 Nicholas Maedel 5 2 1 0 Christopher Rego 2 1 0 0 Tyler Price 2 1 0 0 John Grellner 2 1 0 0 Nathan Duby 2 1 0 0 Seth Proctor 2 1 0 0 Jacob Brooks 2 0 0 0 Sean Quinn 1 1 0 0 Daniel Silva 1 0 0 0 Darrin Gibson 1 0 0 0
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 43 Justin Harbor 41 20:51.47 44 Mike Fout 42 20:51.70 45 Ciaran O'Lionaird 43 20:51.90 46 David Forrester 44 20:52.12 47 Matt Leeder 45 20:52.34 48 Jakub Zivec 46 20:52.60 49 Alex Smyth 47 20:52.83 50 Wes Rickman xxx 20:53.04 51 Nicholas Maedel xxx 20:53.22 52 Jacob Brooks xxx 20:53.50
Men, Women Both Earn 1st.
FSU men's and women's cross country teams each earn first-place finishes in dual meet against Boston University in Franklin, Mass.
FRANKLIN, MA - The Florida State men's and women's cross country teams both came away with wins at the Boston University Invitational Sunday in New England.
In a dual meet with the Terriers, the No. 2-ranked women's squad won by a score of 23-37 while the men's team earned a 20-31 triumph. The women ran a 5K and the men ran an 8K. Boston University captured the two individual winners in the two races but the Seminole runners as a whole had a terrific day.
Perhaps more important than the outcomes was the fact that FSU had the chance to get a feel for a course that they will visit one more time this year for the ACC Championships on Oct. 30.
Interestingly enough, the women all finished in the lead pack with a time of 18:48. Despite the identical times, senior Hannah Brooks was credited with second place and senior Pasca Cheruiyot earned third.
Kailand Cosgrove was fourth and Jennifer Dunn was fifth. Astrid Leutert, Bree-Anne McArdle, Emily Ness, Andi Palen, Jessica Parry, Lyndsey Spragins, Kara Taylor, Amanda Winslow and Pilar McShine rounded out positions six through 15.
"We felt very fortunate to run on the ACC course and are very grateful to Boston University for providing us this early-season meet," FSU women's coach Karen Harvey said. "Not only did we get some great training while in Boston, we learned a lot about the Franklin Park course."
In the men's 8K race, sophomore David Forrester's time of 24:44 was good enough for second place and Alex Smyth's 24:45 time was enough for a third-place finish.
Jakub Zivec (25:01), Michael Fout (25:01), Wes Rickman (25:01) and Ciaran O'Lionaird (25:03) rounded out positions four through seven. Matt Leeder (25:11) came in 10th and Justin Harbor (25:13) came in 11th.
"We had eight of our guys finish in the top 11, so that was good," FSU men's coach Bob Braman said. "Again, this was great for us to be able to come up here and get a feel for the course. It gives us an advantage when we get to ACCs next month. Boston College is the only other ACC school that will have run on this course."
Next up for the Seminoles is a trip to South Bend, Ind. to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational on Oct. 1. That race will serve as the first opportunity for points for nationals for Florida State.
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 2 David Forrester 2 24:44 3 Alex Smyth 3 24:45 4 Jakub Zivec 4 25:01 5 Mike Fout 5 25:01 6 Wes Rickman 6 25:01 7 Ciaran O'Lionaird 7 25:03 10 Matt Leeder 10 25:11 11 Justin Harbor xxx 25:13 14 Jacob Brooks xxx 26:00 15 Nicholas Maedel xxx 26:04
Different Days, Same Outcome.
Both FSU cross country teams earn third-place finishes at Notre Dame Invitational despite two very different races.
SOUTH BEND, IN - The Florida State men's and women's cross country teams both finished in third place in their respective races in Friday's Notre Dame Invitational.
The way that both squads got there, however, is a different story.
While the No. 23 men's team went out and performed from start to finish without much ado, women's coach Karen Harvey was at a loss for words at the conclusion of her team's race. In fact, in all her years of coaching, Harvey had never experienced anything like what took place Friday in South Bend, Ind.
"Both of my top two runners fell," Harvey said. "It was something that I had never seen before. Both Pilar McShine and Pasca Cheruiyot fell. Those are our top two and I have never see that happen. Despite all of that, we were still able to finish well but we could have done so much better."
As a group, the No. 2-ranked women got out to a great start before McShine fell within the first 100 meters. By falling, McShine not only dropped back from her teammates but slid all the way to the very last spot out of 194 runners.
Miraculously, though, FSU's leader did the unthinkable and charged back. At race's end, the Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago native had fought and willed her all the way back to a remarkable 15th place - a spot that was first amongst FSU women.
"I thought we were in real trouble when I saw that she was dead last at 600 meters," Harvey said about McShine, who finished with a time of 16:56. "I thought there was no way she would get up. Not only did she get up but she passed all but 14 runners of the entire field in just 17 minutes.
"That is honestly one of the most truly inspiring races I have ever seen."
As for the rest of the Seminoles, Amanda Winslow's time of 17:05 earned a 20th place finish. Jessica Parry (17:09) came in 23rd, Jennifer Dunn (17:22) finished in 34th, and Cheruiyot - despite her fall at a mile and a half in - rounded out FSU's top four by coming in 37th with a 17:23 mark.
"So many things went wrong today but we still had an opportunity," Harvey said. "I told the girls that I think this all happened for a reason. They need to use what Pilar did as motivation from here on out."
On the men's side, things certainly weren't as dramatic.
Mike Fout paced head coach Bob Braman's team with a ninth place finish thanks to a time of 24:08.
"The guys really competed very well," Braman said. "Fout finishing in the top in that caliber of meet is an All-American type performance."
Joining Fout at the top of the pack were three of his FSU teammates in the top 20. David Forrester finished 16th with a 24:15 and Alex Smyth was right behind with a 17th place finish on a 24:16 race-time.
Wes Rickman ended the evening in the No. 19 position with a time of 24:17.
"The first four did a great job," Braman said. "Obviously we would have liked to see our seniors Ciaran O'Lionaird and Matt Leeder up there but the good news is that we have two veterans that can be our fifth scored guys and that is huge. Both those guys are All-ACC runners so we are going to be fine."
In addition to being pleased with how each of his student-athletes performed, Braman is also pleased by the fact that the outcome may result in the shifting of the national and regional polls.
"This will probably put us in the top 12," Braman said. "The main thing was generating points. Alabama was the top team in our region and we took them apart. I think our performance up here will be enough to make us be considered the top team in the region."
The regional and national rankings will come out early next week.
FSU will next be in action in the lone home meet of the year. The Florida State Invitational will take place Oct. 8 and 9 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.
2010 NOTRE DAME CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL ------------------------------------------------------ 8K ------------------------------------------------------ 1. OREGON 1 3 18 20 27 (29) (36) = 69 2. NEW MEXICO 2 4 6 11 55 (63) (87) = 78 3. FLORIDA STATE 9 16 17 19 38 (41) (78) = 99 4. TULSA 21 34 37 48 56 (72) (92) = 196 5. PENN STATE 7 13 52 59 74 (80)(110) = 205 6. UCLA 14 35 42 51 64 (66)(102) = 206 7. NOTRE DAME 15 28 40 44 81 (89)(103) = 208 8. ALABAMA 5 23 46 50 118 (126) = 242 9. TEXAS EL PASO 8 22 25 96 109 = 260 10. INDIANA STATE 30 43 53 76 86 (108)(117) = 288 11. ARIZONA STATE 12 47 67 75 88 (100)(114) = 289 12. BUTLER 31 39 61 71 90 (121)(142) = 292 13. VILLANOVA 32 49 65 77 83 (84) (95) = 306 14. UTAH STATE 10 26 85 99 106 (112)(115) = 326 15. AMERICAN 45 57 58 97 104 (113)(122) = 361 16. WEBER STATE 24 68 69 107 120 (141) = 388 17. FRESNO STATE 33 70 79 91 124 (128)(129) = 397 18. OAKLAND 54 60 82 101 116 (125)(127) = 413 19. WASHINGTON 62 73 93 98 105 (123) = 431 20. SOUTHERN UTAH 94 119 130 131 133 (136)(138) = 607 21. SAN DIEGO 111 132 134 135 137 (139)(140) = 649
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 9 Mike Fout 9 24:08 16 David Forrester 16 24:15 17 Alex Smyth 17 24:16 19 Wes Rickman 19 24:17 38 Ciaran O'Lionaird 38 24:40 41 Matt Leeder 41 24:42 79 Nicholas Maedel 78 25:17 128 Justin Harbor xxx 26:13
FSU Invitational Results.
The Florida State cross country team hosted its lone home meet of the season on Friday night with a women's 5k and a men's 8k races.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The beautiful Apalachee Regional Park was the setting for the Florida State cross country program's lone home meet of the season Friday night.
The 2010 FSU Invitational brought some talented college programs to Tallahassee for a women's 5k and men's 8k race.
In the men's 8k, redshirt senior Justin Harbor led the Seminoles with a fourth-place finish thanks to a time of 25:01.
Redshirt junior Nicholas Maedel also had a terrific evening as he set a new personal record with a time of 25:12. Maedel's time broke his previous best of 25:13 and earned him a 10th-place finish. Closely trailing Maedel were his teammates as six FSU runners finished in the next seven spots.
"I think it was a very good night and we did what we set out to do," FSU men's coach Bob Braman said. "Several of our B-team guys set new season highs or personal records. And the top guys got some good training."
Like the men's squad, women's coach Karen Harvey wanted to utilize the home meet to get some extra training in while also running all of her top girls.
In the women's event, two Seminoles finished in the top 10. senior Andrea Palen's time of 17:59 earned her a ninth-place finish while teammate Emily Ness came in 10th with a 18:05 mark.
Next up for the 'Noles is a trip to Charlotte, NC for Royal Cross Challenge on Oct. 15.
FSU then heads to Terra Haute, Ind. for Pre-Nationals the week after.
Team Scores =================================================== Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 =================================================== 1 Florida State 41 3 8 9 10 11 12 14 2 Florida 55 1 6 13 16 19 3 Stephen F. Austin 69 5 7 15 18 24 25 28 4 Florida Southern 117 2 22 23 30 40 44 52 5 North Florida 145 26 27 29 31 32 42 45 6 Tampa 170 17 33 35 38 47 48 49 7 South Florida 171 20 21 34 41 55 59 62 8 Troy University 183 4 37 43 46 53 56 60 9 Florida Track Club 230 36 39 50 51 54 57 58 10 Fort Valley State 330 61 63 64 70 72 73 11 Edward Waters College 335 65 66 67 68 69 71
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 4 Justin Harbor 3 25:01.02 10 Nicholas Maedel 8 25:12.85 11 Matt Leeder 9 25:27.32 12 Alex Smyth 10 25:27.34 13 Ciaran O'Lionaird 11 25:27.46 14 Mike Fout 12 25:27.59 16 Wes Rickman 14 25:30.05 17 Jakub Zivec xxx 25:30.17 23 Christopher Rego xxx 25:49.33 31 Tyler Price xxx 26:18.84 37 John Grellner xxx 26:36.54 62 Nathan Duby xxx 27:37.39 85 Daniel Silva xxx 28:36.77 89 Darrin Gibson xxx 29:36.40
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 44 Christopher Rego 38 25:46.3 65 Tyler Price 55 26:15.3 88 Nathan Duby 75 26:33.5 91 John Grellner 78 26:35.6 94 Sean Quinn 81 26:36.9
Women Win At Pre-Nationals.
The Florida State women's cross country team went to Indiana and captured first place in the biggest event so far this year while the men's team performs well enough for third place.
TERRE HAUTE, IN - The Florida State cross country teams had a pair of top results on Saturday morning at the Pre-National Invitational. The FSU women put on a dominating performance in winning their race while the men's squad took third in their event.
Head coach Karen Harvey's women's team dominated in the 6k against some of the top programs in the entire nation. The No. 3-ranked Seminoles scored 115 points to get past second-place Arizona (128 points).
"Of course we are really pleased with today's outcome but we have some major kinks in our armor," Harvey said. "Amanda Winslow saved the day. She ran awesome...period. Pilar is a little beat up I think, too. To get five to seven athletes to run great on one day is a lot but we will keep reaching for it.
"We are going to train very hard in preparations for ACCs."
As mentioned by Coach Harvey, Winslow performed masterfully Saturday as she set a new personal record with a time of 20:32.8. Her stellar time was enough to warrant a seventh place finish.
Trailing closely behind Winslow was her teammate Pasca Cheruiyot, who finished in 10th place. FSU's senior captain ran the race in 20:34.8.
Fellow senior Pilar McShine was the third Seminole to cross the line as she finished in 24th by clocking a time of 20:49.0. Jessica Parry (31st, 21:52.1), Jennifer Dunn (43rd, 21:07.8) and Atrid Leutert (77th, 21:29.4) rounded out the Seminole scoring.
On the men's side, redshirt senior Ciaran O'Lionaird paced Florida State in its third-place finish with a 10th place day thanks to a time of 23:52.5 in the 8k.
Michael Fout finished the race with a time a time of 24:09.8, which was enough for 25th place. David Forrester (30th, 24:14.5) and Wes Rickman (34th, 24:15.9) were not far off Fout's pace.
Alex Smyth posted a time of 24:29.8 to finish in 56th place and Jakub Zivec came in 60th with a time of 24:32.7.
"The guys ran really tough," men's head coach Bob Braman said. "I am not so sure we had the freshest legs but we ran real tough. Ciaran had a spectacular day to lead us. We beat two top-10 teams so we should move up in Monday's national polls. We also beat Florida so we should remain the top team in our region."
Next up for the 'Noles is a trip by some of the student-athletes to Central Florida to compete in the Florida Southern Invitational on Oct. 22.
The ACC Championships are slated for Oct. 30.
2010 PRE-NATIONALS HOSTED BY INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 ---------------------------------- MEN'S 8OOO METER BLUE TEAM RESULTS ---------------------------------- 1. 43 Stanford 2. 127 Iona 3. 154 Florida State 4. 192 Northern Arizona 5. 196 Princeton 6. 204 William and Mary 7. 233 California 8. 336 North Carolina 9. 350 Florida 10. 354 Louisville 11. 375 Ucla 12. 384 Dartmouth 13. 400 Ohio State 14. 418 Montana State 15. 441 Illinois 16. 452 Richmond 17. 499 Utep 18. 521 Michigan State 19. 549 Purdue 20. 562 Binghamton 21. 566 McNeese State 21. 566 Dayton 23. 595 Michigan 24. 622 Nebraska 25. 641 Georgia 26. 643 Washington 27. 660 Marquette 28. 662 Mississippi 29. 663 Colorado St. 30. 669 Baylor 31. 707 Utah Valley 32. 737 South Dakota St. 33. 902 Clemson 34. 925 Arizona 35. 987 Montana
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 10 Ciaran O'Lionaird 10 23:52.5 25 Mike Fout 25 24:09.8 30 David Forrester 30 24:14.5 34 Wes Rickman 34 24:15.9 55 Alex Smyth 55 24:29.8 60 Jakub Zivec 60 24:32.7
Two ACC Championships!
Both Florida State cross country teams captured ACC Titles Saturday morning in Boston, Mass.
By: Brandon Mellor
BOSTON, MA - Both Florida State men's and women's cross country teams ran away with a league title Saturday morning at the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.
The women - who earned their remarkable fourth-straight ACC crown - posted a team score of 52, which was 23 points ahead of second-place Virginia.
The men's 43-point effort was 38 points in front of second-place NC State and was enough to give the Seminoles the first-ever men's conference championship in school history.
Rookie Jakub Zivec also garnered ACC Freshman of the Year honors, marking the second year in a row in which a Seminole earned that award.
"We have been second and third a whole bunch over the years," men's coach Bob Braman said. "We have been in the hunt most of the last 10 years and it is just so exciting for these guys that we were able to break through this year. We have been so close and I just have never felt better. I am not surprised we won but I am surprised at how much we won by.
"We hit an emotional high and just rode that to the end."
Two seniors guided the men's team as Matt Leeder finished the race in third place with a time of 23:42.2. Fellow veteran Ciaran O'Lionaird was not far off that pace with a fourth-place finish on a time of 23:43.6.
A trio of Seminoles next crossed the finish line a few seconds later as Zivec, David Forrester and Wes Rickman, who was last year's ACC Freshman of the Year, all crossed the mark for 11th, 12th, and 13th place finishes, respectively. Zivec registered a time of 24:07.6, Forrester finished in 24:07.9 and Rickman completed the 8k in 24:09.5.
Alex Smyth came in 16th with a time of 24:12.9 while Mike Fout came in 22nd on a run of 24:23.0.
A 33rd-place finish for Seth Proctor (24:49.7), 75th slot for Justin Harbor (25:55.5) and 96th-place finish for Nick Maedel (26:38.9) concluded the men's team's scoring.
"The seniors were seniors today," Braman said with a laugh. "We knew we would be OK this year if the seniors ran well and they did that today. Leeder was the catalyst for us today and I know it was a good thing for the guys to see the team captain out front like that.
"The future is bright and it is nice to team up with the ladies and sweep the championships."
On the women's side, head coach Karen Harvey's squad continued their dominance of the ACC by having two runners finish in the top five, four in the top 15 and six in the top 20.
"We challenged the team with a John Wooden quote this morning," Harvey said after the race. "Coach Wooden said, 'Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.' The ladies certainly did that by showing a lot of character out there."
Senior Pasca Cheruiyot continued her terrific final season by posting a time of 20:05.4 in her second-place finish. FSU's other senior captain, Pilar McShine then crossed the finish line at the 20:25.9 mark for a fifth-place finish.
Junior Astrid Leutert had her best performance as a Seminole in her 12th-place finish. Leutert registered a time of 20:44.2 and sophomore Jessica Parry wasn't far behind with a time of 20:52.2 and a 15th-place race completion.
Another Seminole sophomore, Amanda Winslow was not too far off that pace as she achieved an 18th-place finish on a time of 20:56.4. Jennifer Dunn's 21:03.3 mark propelled her to a 20th-place finish in the 6k event.
"Pasca fought really hard out there and Pilar had her best race of the season," Harvey said. "Astrid did a great job of stepping up when Amanda got a cramp and was slowed down."
Hannah Brooks (35th, 21:26.9), Andi Palen (42nd, 21:43.7) and Emily Ness (62nd, 22:17.9) rounded out the women's team's scoring.
MEN 8K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 3 Matt Leeder 3 23:42.2 4 Ciaran O'Lionaird 4 23:43.6 11 Jakub Zivec 11 24:07.6 12 David Forrester 12 24:07.9 13 Wes Rickman 13 24:09.5 16 Alex Smyth 16 24:12.9 22 Mike Fout 22 24:23.0 33 Seth Proctor xxx 24:49.7 75 Justin Harbor xxx 25:55.5 96 Nicholas Maedel xxx 26:38.9
Women Take 1st At Regionals.
FSU women's cross country team captures the regional crown while the men finish second behind Ciaran O'Lionaird's performance.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Another week, another dominating performance by both of Florida State's cross country teams.
After running away with two conference championships, the Seminoles traveled to Birmingham, Ala. and had nearly the same success. The women's squad captured the regional title while the men's team came in second behind a first-place finish by Ciaran O'Lionaird.
Head coach Karen Harvey's women's team has been dominant all year long and Saturday's win propels them into Nationals on Nov. 22. The women saw their top seven runners all finish in the top 20 with senior Pasca Cheruiyot leading the way with a second-place finish (19:55.21).
Cheruiyot's great time was also good enough to be a new personal record.
Not far off her pace were a host of Cheruiyot's teammates. Fellow senior team captain Pilar McShine also ran a sub 20-minute race with a third-place finish (19:56.39). That, too, was a personal record.
In fourth place, sophomore Jessica Parry continued the personal-record trend with a time of 19:56.28.
Junior Jennifer Dunn then crossed the line in ninth (20:18.51 – a personal record) and in 10th was senior Hannah Brooks (20:24.47).
Sophomore Amanda Winslow then finished in 15th place with a mark of 20:33.30. Senior Astrid Leutert's 20:41.24 clip was enough for 19th place.
"The course is beautiful and the crowd is fantastic and there were a lot of people in the race," Harvey said. "So I'm glad we came out and were, knock on wood, injury-free. You know, it's like running a heat in track. It's not something you like to do. We weren't exactly looking forward to this but every team in the country has got to qualify, no matter what you are ranked. So honestly, we are going home. Glad it's over with and glad we ran well, but we ran in racing flats. Honestly, we are leaving a lot for nationals because we are going to need everything we've got.
"We are glad to get out of here with a win. It's a great day to be a Seminole."
On the men's side, O'Lionaird's personal-record time of 30:03.34 in the 10k event helped put FSU in position to finish second.
He was then followed by junior Mike Fout, who finished 10th with a personal-record 30:26.68. Three other Seminoles then finished in order from 15th to 17th: senior Matt Leeder (30:41.49), senior Alex Smyth (30:41.66) and sophomore Wes Rickman (30:41.80), respectively.
Smyth and Rickman both set personal records with those marks and sophomore Seth Proctor came in 25th win a 30:57.42 clip.
"We did what we came to do," men's coach Bob Braman said. "We qualified and ran really well so it was a great thing. It was good to see all of our guys go out there and run well and stay injury free. It really opened up for Ciaran and he kicked it in to get the win. We held Dave Forrester and Jakub Zivec out so all six of our guys were All-Region and that's saying something.
"For Ciaran and Mike to crack the top 10 was a good thing to see."
Florida State will now use the next nine days to recover and get prepared for Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 22.
Team Scores ====================================================== Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 ====================================================== 1 Alabama 30 2 3 5 8 12 65 105 2 Florida State 55 1 9 14 15 16 24 3 Florida 76 4 11 18 20 23 25 35 4 Tennessee 150 10 22 30 37 51 54 56 5 Georgia 157 26 28 33 34 36 42 50 6 Chattanooga 193 7 19 39 53 75 7 Ole Miss 219 6 17 32 78 86 90 8 Belmont 236 31 38 49 58 60 9 Kennesaw State 244 13 29 59 64 79 92 10 Mississippi State 277 21 55 62 69 70 74 102 11 North Florida 287 40 43 61 63 80 89 97 12 South Florida 341 41 46 76 84 94 110 13 Lipscomb 342 44 47 57 96 98 106 14 Vanderbilt 364 66 67 73 77 81 82 93 15 Mississippi Valley 373 27 48 91 99 108 111 16 Mercer 375 52 68 72 83 100 113 114 17 Miami 413 45 85 87 95 101 107 18 Tennessee Tech 475 71 88 103 104 109 112
MEN 10K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 1 Ciaran O'Lionaird 1 30:03.34 10 Mike Fout 9 30:26.68 15 Matt Leeder 14 30:41.49 16 Alex Smyth 15 30:41.66 17 Wes Rickman 16 30:41.80 25 Seth Proctor 24 30:57.42
A Podium 2-fer.
Cross country teams bring home a pair of seconds at nationals.
By Bob Thomas Seminoles.com
TERRE HAUTE, IN - It must have been a Seminole Wind that swept across the LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course Monday, because the Florida State men's and women's teams were clearly in their element.
The Seminoles are returning from the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships with a pair of national runner-up trophies.
On a day when coach Karen Harvey's women nearly made a magical championship run, Bob Braman's men set a new standard with the program's best finish in history.
From an incredibly deep field, the FSU women came within 34 points of denying Villanova a successful national championship defense. Seniors Pilar McShine (ninth, 20:25) and Pasca Cheruiyot (17th, 20:31) led the charge for the Seminoles, who posted their fourth consecutive podium finish. In a repeat of last season's finishing order, Villanova nudged past FSU 120-154 to reclaim the title.
Sophomore Jessica Parry (22nd, 20:39) earned All-American honors, along with McShine and Cheruiyot. Junior Jennifer Dunn missed making it four All-Americans, finishing 41st (20:54), just .10 from the line of distinction. It was her second consecutive near-miss, despite a gutty effort through a stiff finishing head-wind over the 6-kilometer course.
"You want to come and have good showing and I think we did," said Harvey. "We almost had that magical day I was looking for."
Braman's team captured some magic over the 10-kilometer course. The FSU men came into the meet eyeing a top 10 finish and shocked the field with a tightly-packed top five, led by senior Ciaran O'Lionaird (18th, 30:14) and junior Michael Fout (28th, 30:21). Only 42 seconds separated the top five Seminoles, who shattered the program's previous best finish of eighth, set back in 1981.
FSU finished with 193 points - well behind champion Oklahoma State - but in front of perennial powers Wisconsin (223), Stanford (237), Oklahoma (281), Oregon (289) and Indiana (298).
The Seminoles were in third place at the midway point in the race; a pleasant surprise, considering Braman had asked his team to take a somewhat conservative approach in the early stages of the 6.2 race. But just before he sent his team to the starting line, he challenged them as well:
"Don't be afraid to chase the podium the second half of the race," he said.
FSU's men heeded the call and authored an improbable finish, with David Forrester (53rd, 30:14), Wes Rickman (59th, 30:41) and Alex Smyth (76th, 30:56) rounding out the scorers.
"What they did was just incredible," Braman said of his 11th-ranked team. "We thought on a perfect day we could get fourth, and even then we knew we had to just hit it right. To get that far off the charts - that's the first time that's happened in my career. To me that is right up there with winning a (track & field) national championship; it's that much gratifying as a coach."
MEN 10K RACE Place Name Points Time ===== ========================= ====== ======== 18 Ciaran O'Lionaird 15 30:14.0 28 Mike Fout 24 30:20.9 53 David Forrester 42 30:38.4 69 Wes Rickman 48 30:40.8 76 Alex Smyth 64 30:55.7 118 Jakub Zivec 98 31:20.3