Gators Travel to Texas for their Last Regular Season Competition

Saturday, October 15

College Station, Texas

M: 8K @ 10 AM / W: 6K @ 10:45 AM

Florida Gators

Arturo Barrios Invite

during the Mountain Dew Invitational cross country meet on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla. / UAA Communications photo by Leslie White

Gators Travel to Texas for their Last Regular Season Competition

Friday, October 14, 2022 | Cross Country

The Florida Gators head to College Station to race in the Arturo Barrios Invite for the final tune-up before the SEC Championships

By: Dylan Sleszynski

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After a month off from competition, the Florida Gators are back in action at the Arturo Barrios Invite in College Station, Texas, on Saturday, October 15.

The men will compete in the 8k at 10:00 a.m. EST., and the women will begin their 6k at 10:45 a.m. EST. This is the second time the men have run an 8k, and the women have won a 6k this season. Ethan Geiger placed third with a PR of 24:08.3 in the last 8k at the SEC Preview Meet. Lucinda Rourke was the top-placing woman in the 6k at the SEC Preview Meet, finishing sixth with a time of 20:55.91 in her first collegiate race.

The Gators will face off against a loaded field of teams from across the county, with 40 teams competing in the men's race and 41 competing in the women's race. This will be the last meet before the SEC Championships in Oxford, Mississippi, on October 28.

The Gators competing in the 2022 Arturo Barrios are below:

Women	Men
Emily Culley	Orlando Cicilioni
Olivia Jones	Ethan Geiger
Kathryn Nohilly	Eoin McNally
Rylee Pustilnik	Ryan Miller
Lucinda Rourke	Jonathan Pitchford
Jordan Shapiro	Josh Stern
Emma Solis	Javi Vento
Vasileia Spyrou	Aiden Villasuso
Parker Valby	Cavan Wilson
Liina Winborn	Mac Wright