{"id":423419,"date":"2026-10-09T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423419\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:12:45","slug":"owls-xc-returns-to-tallahassee-for-second-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423419\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls’ XC Returns to Tallahassee For Second Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOCA RATON, Fla. \u2013 FThe Florida Atlantic men’s and women’s cross country contingent returns for another race in Tallahassee Friday morning, taking part in the FSU XC Invitational to wrap up the regular season portion of the 2026 season.
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\nThe Owls competed last on Sept. 18 on this very same course, Apalachee Regional Park, in the same distances and start times as are scheduled for Friday: the men’s 8K at 7:40 a.m. and women’s 6K at 8:20 a.m. Both that previous meet and Friday’s are in preparation for the upcoming 2026 NCAA South Regionals, set for Nov. 13 again in Tallahassee.
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\nLAST TIME OUT
\nAt the aforementioned meet, the Pre-Regionals, Kate Drummond<\/a> crossed the line first for the women, 10th overall with a new personal best time of 21:39.2. That ranks sixth all-time in program history. The women’s team finished fourth, just 11 points out of third place. Coming in behind Drummond were Teegan Anderson<\/a> and Ellis Vaughan<\/a>, just a second apart \u2013 22:40.6 and 22:41.9, respectively.
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\nThe men were paced for the second time in as many races by freshman Carter Dieterich<\/a>, coming across the line in his first 8K in a time of 26.25.8. Noah Highsmith<\/a> (27:18.8) and Noah Curfman<\/a> (27:42.8) rounded out the men’s top three.
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\nTHIS TIME OUT
\nThere will be 16 Owls set to toe the start line on Friday morning:
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\nWomen’s runners (9) \u2013 Reese Anderson<\/a> (Jr.), Madison Brown<\/a> (Jr.), Gaby Castro<\/a> (Fr.), Sophie Dethier<\/a> (So.), Drummond (Gr.), Evie Lebrun<\/a> (Fr.), Morgan Pennington<\/a> (So.), Anabell Reumann<\/a> (Gr.), Vaughan (So.)
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\nMen’s runners (7) \u2013 Timothy Brannon<\/a> (Fr.), Joseph Coyle<\/a> (Sr.), Curfman (Jr.), Dieterich (Fr.), Highsmith (Sr.), Zachary Loftis<\/a> (Fr.), Donovan Petty<\/a> (Jr.)
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\nTeams scheduled to race on Friday are:<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tMen’s and Women’s
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\n\t\t\tAlabama State
\n\t\t\tValdosta State
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\n\t\t\tDaytona State College
\n\t\t\tWest Florida
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\n\t\t\tEastern Florida
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\n\t\t\tEmbry-Riddle
\n\t\t\tMen’s only
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\n\t\t\tFlagler
\n\t\t\tFlorida College
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\n\t\t\tFlorida Atlantic
\n\t\t\tTroy
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\n\t\t\tFlorida State
\n\t\t\tUSSU
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\n\t\t\tJacksonville State
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\n\t\t\tLake-Sumter State
\n\t\t\tWomen’s only
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\n\t\t\tLoyola-New Orleans
\n\t\t\tAlbany State
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\n\t\t\tMobile
\n\t\t\tFlorida A&M
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\n\t\t\tNorth Alabama
\n\t\t\tGulf Coast State College
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\n\t\t\tTampa
\n\t\t\tJacksonville
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\n\t\t\tThomas (Ga.)
\n\t\t\tTroy
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\n\t\t\tUCF
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NEXT TIME OUT
\nIn between Friday’s trip to Tallahassee and the NCAA South Regionals on Nov. 13 is the 2026 American Conference Cross Country Championships, hosted by Tulane at Lake Oaks Park in New Orleans, on Oct. 31.
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