{"id":404619,"date":"2026-09-19T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404619\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:56:25","slug":"muturi-leads-rattlers-at-fsu-pre-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404619\/","title":{"rendered":"Muturi Leads Rattlers at FSU Pre-Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 Florida A&M Women’s Cross Country took part in the jam-packed 28-team field at the FSU Pre-Regional held at Apalachee Regional Park on Friday morning in Tallahassee, Florida.
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\nFlorida A&M scored 452 points in the 6-kilometer race, finishing ahead of 13 teams, including Jacksonville (463 points), Ave Maria (513), Lynn (526), Eckerd (581) and Bethune-Cookman (597), respectfully.
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\nRose Muturi, a junior from Nyahururu, Kenya, paced the Rattlers on the day, placing 42nd among 247 finishers with a time of 22:51.8.
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\nFreshman Crystal Malaykhan<\/a>, this week’s Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), was the Rattlers’ second scorer, taking 99th in 23:56.6.
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\nSenior Christina Fitzpatrick<\/a> followed in 113th (24:18.7), then junior Jaade McBride<\/a> in 141st (24:56.9) and sophomore Leandra Ferrell<\/a> in 144th (25:04.7).
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\nFreshman Bree Brooks<\/a> (159th, 25:23.1) and senior Nina Story (175th, 25:59.4) rounded out Florida A&M’s top seven.
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\nThe Rattlers’ top five runners averaged 24:13.7, with a two-minute, 12.9 second gap between the first and fifth finishers.
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\nThe host Florida State Seminoles won the team title with 17 points, placing five runners in the top six.
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\nRylee Blade won the individual race for the Seminoles in 20:39.2, followed by teammates Bieke Schipperen, a senior, in 20:44.5, and Nicole Dinan, a junior, in 20:51.2. Miami’s Maddie Scheier, a senior, was fourth in 21:08.0.
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\nSouthern Miss was second with 112 points, followed by Miami (139), Florida Atlantic (150) and Embry-Riddle (155).
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\nThe Rattlers are back in action next as part of the FSU Cross Country Invitational back at Apalachee Regional Park on Friday, October 9.
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\nFlorida A&M Individual Performers
\n42.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rose Muturi____________ 22:51.8
\n99.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crystal Malaykhan<\/a>_______ 23:56.6
\n113.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christina Fitzpatrick<\/a>______ 24:18.7
\n141.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jaade McBride<\/a>__________ 24:56.9
\n144.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leandra Ferrell<\/a>__________ 25:04.7
\n159.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bree Brooks<\/a>____________ 25:23.1
\n175.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nina Story_____________ 25:59.4
\nDNF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Niya Coleman<\/a>
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