RESULTS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Lee University men's cross country team placed ninth out of 26 teams Friday morning at the FSU XC Open. The 8K race was hosted by Florida State University at Apalachee Regional Park.

The top seven teams were NCAA Division I schools. Stanford, ranked No. 5 in Division I, was the team winner with 32 points. No. 20 Furman finished second (61) and receiving votes Florida State was third with 83 points. Charleston Southern (141) placed fourth, Eastern Michigan (143) was fifth and No. 25 Southern Utah finished sixth (174) and North Florida (174) seventh.

Alabama Huntsville, ranked No. 11 in DII, collected 239 points to finish eighth. The Flames amassed 257 points to settle into ninth. Auburn was 10^th with 271 points.

Christian Noble was Lee's top finisher. He was 34^th out of 254 finishers with a time of 24:54.1. Adrian Wildschutt of Florida State was the individual winner after crossing the finish line at 23:21.9.

Silas Eckenroad stopped the clock at 25:04.2 to place 41^st. Will Stone (25:28.1) finished in 61^st place, Caleb Eagleson (25:55.6) was 85^th and Ezekiel Harless closed out Lee's scorers at No. 89 (26:02.4).

Evan Moore and Dawson Reed were the next two Lee runners across the finish line. Moore (26:14.8) placed 97^th and Reed (26:23.8) was 104^th.

Adan Rodriguez completed the course at 26:31.9 for 112^th position. Aaron Himes (26:34.1) was 116^th and Casey Guthery finished 120^th (26:36.4).

The Flames return to competition on October 9 at the UAH Chargers Cross Country Invite at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama.