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Paul Short Run
Women Place Eighth Out of 38 Teams at Paul Short Run
Saturday, October 4, 2014 | Cross Country
Facing some of the top teams in the country, the Florida Gators women's cross country team ran to an eighth-place finish in the Women's Gold 6K at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh University. The Gators totaled 268 team points and were led by freshman Lauren Brasure (20:27), who placed 16th out of a 329-woman field.
NUMBERS OF NOTE
· The Gators were the top-finishing SEC team in the Women's Gold 6K, placing ahead of Alabama (ninth, 275 points) and Mississippi State (11th, 346 points).
· There were 38 teams and 329 runners in Women's Gold 6K.
· Among the teams that finished higher than the Gators were No. 5 Georgetown (second) and No. 6 Florida State (third).
· For a second consecutive race, Brasure was the top finisher for the Gators. The freshman finished first at the Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 20.
· Brasure, sophomore Taylor Tubbs and redshirt freshman Becky Greene all bested this season's top SEC 6K time. Entering this weekend, Texas A&M sophomore Karis Jochen held the top SEC 6K time (21:20.00)
· Five Gators set personal-best 6K's at the Paul Short Run. Tubbs, who finished 21st, bested her previous best by more than 12 seconds.
· Brasure and Tubbs were the second and third SEC runners to cross the finish line.
RESULTS
| Women (Complete Results) Gold 6K | ||
| 16 | Lauren Brasure | 20:27* |
| 21. | Taylor Tubbs | 20:37* |
| 36. | Becky Greene | 21:03* |
| 66. | Grace VanDeGrift | 21:21* |
| 129. | Macy Huskey | 22:00 |
| 134. | Amber Johnson | 22:02* |
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Team Top Five Finishers | ||
| 1. | Guelph | 48 points |
| 2. | Georgetown | 127 points |
| 3. | Florida State | 145 points |
| 4. | Yale | 202 points |
| 5. | Cornell | 230 points |
| 8. | Florida | 268 points |
*Denotes personal best
SPANGLER SPEAKS
On the women…
“We had some things go our way today and we had some things not go our way. I thought it was a good thing for us to come here and run a 6K. We had a couple runners who just had an off day today. Now we have a couple of weeks here to get back to work.”
On the five personal bests…
“I thought Lauren [Brasure] and Taylor [Tubbs] did a great job up front for us. They both hit lifetime personal bests. I thought Grace [VanDeGrift], Amber [Johnson] and Macy [Huskey] ran well today as well.”
-Florida assistant track and cross country coach Paul Spangler
UP NEXT
The Gator women return to competition on Friday, October 17 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. The Florida men will be in action Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Disney Cross Country Classic.
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