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Kathleen Casagrande posted a personal-best time of 20:01.30 and finished in 47th place at the Disney Classic.

Flagler women harriers finish 14th at Disney Classic

10/8/2011 3:05:00 PM

By: John Jordan, Sports Information Director
Results

LAKE BUENA VISTA − The Flagler College women's cross country team finished in 14th place with 408 points in the 28-team, 269-woman field at the 16th annual Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic held Saturday morning at the Wide World of Sports Complex.

No. 11 (USTFCCA Division II Top 25) University of Tampa topped the field with 48 points. The Spartans had three runners finish in the top 10. Florida Atlantic University finished second with 62 points and had two runners finish in the top 10.

Michelle Jax of FAU was the top runner with a time of 18:08.90 over the 5K course. Jessica Bulter of Tampa finished a distant second with a time of 18:17.60.

Kathleen Casagrande (Spring Lake Heights, N.J., St. Rose HS) led the Flagler contingent with a personal-best time of 20:01.30 and finished in 47th place. Taylor Strekel (Stroudsburg, Pa., Stroudsburg HS) was right behind Casagrande and finished in 49th place with a time of 20:07.10. Laura McKnight (Jupiter, Fla., Jupiter HS) finished 62nd with a personal-best time of 20:23.80. Erin Buning (St. Augustine, Fla., Truman State University) finished in 153rd place with a time of 22:06.70, which is a season-best time. KayKay Shaffer (Jacksonville, Fla., Duncan U. Fletcher HS) also posted her top time of the season with a mark of 22:11.00 and placed 156th.

Nicole Allen (Bozeman, Mont., Bozeman HS) crossed the line at 22:37.60 and finished in 169th place. Melissa Schmidt (Gainesville, Fla., Brevard College) ran a season-best time of 22:48.20 and finished in 178th place. Madeleine Pinaire (New Port Richey, Fla., J.W. Mitchell HS) finished in 188th place with a time of 23:14.30.
  
Up next for Flagler will be the Peach Belt Conference Championships Oct. 22 at Aiken, S.C.

Team results: 1) Tampa 48; 2) Florida Atlantic 62; 3) Drake 114; 4) Florida Gulf Coast 158; 5) Nova Southeastern 193; 6) UCF 221; 7) Regis (Colo.) 233; 8) Palm Beach Atlantic 267; 9) UNC Pembroke 313; 10) Florida Tech 330; 11) Wingate 332; 12) Hanover 346; 13) Saint Leo 386; 14) Flagler 408; 15) Concordia (Texas) 408; 16) The Citadel 431; 17) Johnson County CC 492; 18) Pasco-Hernando CC 523; 19) Rollins 526; 20) Ashford 531; 21) Hardin-Simmons 553; 22) Cuyahoga CC 568; 23) Webber International 577; 24) Limestone 635; 25) Assumption 655; 26) Tennessee Wesleyan 705; 27) Warner 766; 28) Methodist 767.

Top 10 finishers: 1) Michelle Jax (FAU) 18:08.90; 2) Jessica Butler (UT) 18:17.60; 3) Rebecca Hallam (FAU) 18:28.30; 4) Nicole Clarke (FIT) 18:30.30; 5) Heather Nicolosi (UT) 18:38.20; 6) Tereza Novotna (SLU) 18:40.90; 7) Barrie Cohen (FGCU) 18:42.70; 8) Kaia Hampton (UT) 18:52.90; 9) Alexandria Palm (NSU) 18:56.80; 10) Kelly Perzanowski (FGCU) 19:00.20.

Flagler runners: 47) Casagrande 20:01.30; 49) Strekel 20:07.10; 62) McKnight 20:23.80; 153) Buning 22:06.70; 156) Shaffer 22:11.00; 169) Allen 22:37.60; 178) Schmidt 22:48.20; 188) Pinaire 23:14.30.
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