Gators Post Second Straight Sweep, Take Mountain Dew Invitational Crowns

Saturday, September 24

Gainesville, FL

7:55AM

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Mountain Dew Invitational

After consecutive runner-up finishes at their home meet, UF's men won their title back on Saturday.

Gators Post Second Straight Sweep, Take Mountain Dew Invitational Crowns

Saturday, September 24, 2016 | Cross Country

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Florida swept the Mountain Dew Invitational team titles for the first time since 2012

By: Zach Dirlam

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the second time in as many meets this season, the Florida cross country program swept the men's and women's team titles, with its latest dual victory coming at Saturday's (Sep. 24) Mountain Dew Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course.

Florida's men and women both won by decisive margins to achieve the program's first sweep of the MDI since 2012.

UF's women posted a 44-point margin of victory en route to its third consecutive and 11th all-time MDI title since the meet was renamed in 2005. On the men's side, the Gators won by 27 points to capture its first MDI victory since 2013 and ninth MDI crown since 2005.

Freshman Jessica Pascoe led the women, earning a runner-up finish in 17:11.24—which was 10 seconds faster than redshirt junior Becky Greene's top Division I time from last year's MDI. Senior Taylor Tubbs was another one of the four Gators who cracked the Division I top 10, crossing in fourth place.

Tubbs joined Gator Great Genevieve LaCaze as the only other runner in school history with three top-five overall finishes at the MDI.

For the men, Carlos Miranda improved on his time at last year's MDI by roughly 39 seconds to lead all Division I runners on Saturday. Freshman Colin Schaefer (third), sophomore Magnus Pettersen (fourth), and Mac Reynolds (fifth) rounded out Florida's quartet of top-five Division I finishers.

Florida will compete again next Saturday (Oct. 1) at the Paul Short Run in Lehigh, Pa.

MOUNTAIN DEW INVITATIONAL MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Men's University/College Results (HTML)
Women's University/College Results (HTML)
Boys High School Orange Results (HTML)
Girls High School Orange Results (HTML)
Boys High School Blue Results (HTML)
Girls High School Blue Results (HTML)
Venue: Mark Bostick Golf Course

Gator Men – 8k
Place (Pts)	Runner	Time
1. (1)	Carlos Miranda	25:06.24
3. (3)	Colin Schaefer	25:37.97
4. (4)	Magnus Pettersen	25:39.75
5. (5)	Mac Reynolds	25:41.45
9. (9)	Jack Beitter	26:01.55
12. (12)	Mac Macoy	26:06.36
14. (14)	Connor Vaughan	26:21.35
15.	Nick Diaz	26:26.13
19.	Bryce Statham	26:36.71
24.	Jonathan Hulzebos	26:57.13

Men's Top Five Teams
Place	Team	Points
1.	Florida	22
2.	North Florida	49
3	Florida Gulf Coast	73
4.	Miami	121
5.	South Florida	133

Gator Women – 5k
Place (Pts)	Runner	Time
2. (2)	Jessica Pascoe	17:11.24
4. (4)	Taylor Tubbs	17:30.36
6. (6)	Lauren Perry	17:46.10
7. (7)	Noora Wallenius	17:48.00
11. (11)	Hannah Brookover	18:14.22
13. (13)	Maddox Patterson	18:16.25
21. (21)	Maggie Parrish	18:49.26
24.	Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell	18:54.65
89.	Paige Scheriger	21:29.68
116.	Amber Johnson	24:01.39

Women's Top Five Teams
Place	Team	Points
1.	Florida	30
2.	Jacksonville	74
3.	UCF	85
4.	North Florida	139
5.	Florida A&M	149

Note: All individual finishes and team scores only take Division I competition into account.

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