Florida Gators
UCF Invitational
Florida Cross Country Men and Women Win UCF Invite
Saturday, September 8, 2001 | Cross Country
Seniors Chris Duncan and Erin Merten each took first in their respective races. Merten finished the 5K women's race with a time of 17:45.60, over ten seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. Duncan finished the men's 8k race in 25:03.50, just one second off the record for the course. He finished exactly 20 seconds faster than the runner-up.
Rolando Ortiz, Courtney Chambers and Carlos Hinojosa also finished in the top ten for the men. Freshmen Carling Cookerly and Kay Lennon, as well as sophomores Kelly Walker and Jacqueline Mariani each finished in the top ten for the women, in addition to Merten."I thought our kids ran pretty well as a team," said head men's coach Doug Brown. "I was pretty pleased, especially that our top five spread was under a minute and that our number eight runner finished in the top 15. We still have a ways to go to prove ourselves though."
Florida Women's Finishers Florida Men's Finishers 1.(1) Erin Merten - 17:45.60 1. (1) Chris Duncan - 25:03.50 4. (4) Carling Cookerly - 18:28.50 3. (2) Rolando Ortiz - 25:33.60 5. (5) Kelly Walker - 18:44.90 4. (3) Courtney Chambers - 23:35.50 7. (6) Kay Lennon - 18:48.90 10. (8) Carlos Hinojosa - 25:56.30 8. (7) Jacqueline Mariani - 18:51.10 12. (9) Jeff Fabian - 26:02.40 18. (16) Mason Cathey - 19:27.20 13. (10) Donnell Bowen - 26:04.10 20. (18) Norma Vega - 19:36.40 14. (11) Cory Presnick - 26:06.50 23. Jessica Newton - 19:38.20 15. Philip Laird - 26:20.00 47. Alicia Weber - 20:35.20 92. Megan Dube - 22:29.70 --(#) represents place for team scoring purposes.
