First of Three Meets in Tallahassee Next on the Docket for XC

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic men’s and women’s cross country head back out onto the course this Friday, in the program’s first of three trips this season to Tallahassee.
 
Friday morning’s Pre-Regionals meet will take place at Apalachee Regional Park, also the site of the 2026 NCAA South Regionals. The men’s 8K begins at 7:40 a.m., and the women’s 6K is scheduled for 8:20 a.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The squads opened the season two weeks ago, each running a 5K in Jacksonville. The women finished third in the team standings among 19 teams competing, and the men placed eighth of 18. Four new individual all-time Top 10 marks were recorded, and 10 runners made their Owl debut – six freshmen, two newcomers and two returnees.
 
Two other returnees set new personal records (Madison Brown and Noah Highsmith) in the night’s 5K, as did newcomer Kate Drummond in her first FAU meet – her time of 17:57.8 now ranks ninth-fastest in women’s history. Carter Dieterich led the men’s side (15:51.58), fourth now on the all-time ledger, followed closely behind by Highsmith (16:00.39, sixth) and Parker Smith (16:06.99, eighth).
 
THIS TIME OUT
A total of 17 Owls are set to run in Friday morning’s races:
 
Men’s runners (7) – Timothy Brannon (Fr.), Joseph Coyle (Sr.), Noah Curfman (Jr.), Carter Dieterich (Fr.), Noah Highsmith (Sr.), Donovan Petty (Jr.), Parker Smith (Fr.)
 
Women’s runners (10) – Reese Anderson (Jr.), Teegan Anderson (Sr.), Madison Brown (Jr.), Gaby Castro (Fr.), Sophie Dethier (So.), Kate Drummond (Gr.), Evie Lebrun (Fr.), Morgan Pennington (So.), Cameron Shelby (So.), Ellis Vaughan (So.)
 
Teams taking part Friday are:
 

Men’s and Women’s


Alabama-Huntsville
Nova Southeastern


Ave Maria
Palm Beach Atlantic


Bethune-Cookman
Pasco-Hernando State College


Eckerd
Seminole State College


Embry-Riddle
South Florida


FIU
Stetson


Flagler
Tampa


Florida Atlantic
Thomas (Ga.)


Florida Gateway College
Virgin Islands University


Florida Gulf Coast



Florida Southern



Florida State
Women’s Only


Jacksonville
Florida A&M


LSU New Orleans
South Florida State College


Lynn
Southern Mississippi


Miami
Tallahassee State College


New College of Florida
UCF

NEXT TIME OUT
The teams return to Apalachee Regional Park on Friday morning, Oct. 9, for the FSU XC Invitational.
 
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