Florida Gators

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Jessica Pascoe and Lauren Perry turned in a pair of top-10 performances, while seven Florida men notched personal best times early Friday morning to lead the Gators at the Florida State Invitational.

The men tied for second in the 8k with 62 points and the women captured third on 71 points in the 5k race.

Pascoe led the Florida women with her third consecutive, fifth career, top-10 finish thanks to her fourth place time of 18:01.6. Only a few seconds behind Pascoe, Perry (18:05.6) placed seventh to pick up her second straight and the fourth overall top-10 finish for her career.

The Florida men relied on running together in a pack for their second 8k race of the season and the strategy paid dividends as seven Gators turned in personal best times.

Jack Rogers led the pack with his 8^th place time of 25:08.3, which was nearly two minutes faster than his previous personal best of 27:03.00 that was set at the Mountain Dew Invitational just two weeks ago.

Alongside Rogers, Jonathan Hulzebos (13^th), Marshall Dillon (14^th), Dominic Williams (16^th), Jesse Millson (17^th), Zach Purvis (29^th) and Bryce Statham (21^st) each turned in personal best times.

The Gators return to training in preparation for the SEC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 27) in Athens, Ga.

Quotes
Assistant Coach Chris Solinsky

Overall thoughts on today's race…
"Today we continued to build momentum on both sides heading into the SEC Championships. Everyone sees the fitness rounding into form and the team believes in what we are doing. Now, it comes down to executing within the race and that comes with gaining more experience."

On the men's performance…
"The men had a much better showing this week compared to the Mountain Dew, which leaves them hungry for three weeks of training heading into the SEC Championships. Jack Rogers really had a great breakthrough today. He stuck himself in the lead pack and battled which led to knocking over ninety seconds off his personal best."

On the women's performance…
"The women competed with a small squad today and still executed pretty well. They learned a lot about race tactics, which will help heading into SEC's. (Jessica) Pascoe and (Lauren) Perry did a great job today, but still made a few tactical mistakes. We will work through those and if we can execute it'll lead to big breakthroughs. Morgan (Hull) and Laura (Jones) battled really well coming back from a little time off and I'm excited to have them back out there with us."
 
Florida State Invitational Meet Information

Meet Results (PDF)

Venue - Apalachee Regional Park
 

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Gator Women (5k)
Women (6)

DI Finish	Name	Time
4th	Jessica Pascoe	18:01.6
7th	Lauren Perry	18:05.6
19th	Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell	18:45.8
23rd	Morgan Hull	18:58.6
41st	Laura Jones	19:57.3
51st	Madison Morse	20:57.3

 
Women's DI 5k Team Results

Place	Team	Points (Total Time)
1st	Florida State	24 (1:30:11.60)
2nd	Jacksonville	50 (1:32:11.80)
3rd	Florida	71 (1:33:48.90)
4th	Florida A&M	94 (1:35:37.60)
5th	South Florida	127 (1:39:31.10)
6th	Jacksonville State	167 (1:45:29.40)

 
 

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Gator Men (8k)
Men (9)

DI Finish	Name	Time
8th	Jack Rogers	25:08.3*
13th	Jonathan Hulzebos	25:38.0*
14th	Marshall Dillon	25:43.7*
16th	Dominic Williams	25:51.8*
17th	Jesse Millson	25:54.0*
19th	Zach Purvis	25:54.9*
21st	Bryce Statham	26:00.3*
23rd	Jack Beitter	26:09.5
24th	Blake Lowery	26:33.8

  * Indicates Personal Best Time

Men's DI 8k Team Results

Place	Team	Points (Total Time)
1st	Florida State	20 (2:03:51.50)
2nd	Florida A&M	62 (2:08:44.50)
2nd	Florida	62 (2:08:15.80)
4th	South Florida	106 (2:12:52.40)
5th	Jacksonville State	151 (2:23:25.00)
6th	Jacksonville	157 (2:25:18.70)

 
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