TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Competing in their third race of the season, the Flagler College men's cross country team placed second overall at the Florida State University XC Invitational, hosted at the Apalachee Regional park, this morning. Senior Kaleb Hollins placed tenth overall to finish as the Saints top finisher.

SAINTS FINISHERS
10. Kaleb Hollins - 26:02.2
14. Axel Dabe - 26:17.4
15. Andy Munnik - 26:18.2
20. Luke Thomas - 26:24.2
24. Jack Waters - 26:30.6
29. Miles Nutt - 26:39.1
32. Jake Bennett - 26:49.2
36. Ben Youngs - 27:00.1
64. Kenneth Folkenroth - 28:00.2
74. Zach Brainerd - 28:26.0
77. Mason LeBlance - 28:34.8
92. Cole Swesey - 29:26.0
93. Nicolas Restrepo - 29:40.6
101. Chris Falkowski - 30:54.2
102. Kalib Atkins - 31:10.4

TURNING POINT
In a Division I sanctioned race, the Saints faced a plethora of talent including institutions like Jacksonville State University, University of North Alabama, Troy University and host FSU. Flagler was one of three Division II representatives as they were joined by University of Tampa and Valdosta State University. Despite the unfavorable rain fall and mud, the 8k course gave the Saints their first glimpse at the official distance for the Peach Belt Conference Championship. Pack running, the Saints who were led by Hollins, Andy Munnik and Axel Dabe, maintained strong form which held out to the end as their top five finished in the top-25 overall.

"We have some positives we can take from today, as well as areas we can learn from and apply to our races moving forward," Head Coach Brian Beil said. "As a team we did a very good job of staying together early, which was a point of emphasis. Although, we'll need to be more aggressive in the early portion, but that's an easy adjustment to make".

KEY STATS & NOTES

• The top five Saints all cracked the top-25 (118) overall.
• Kaleb Hollins finished as the fastest Saint in a XC race for the first time in his career.
• Nine Saints used the FSU XC Invitational as their season opener.
• Senior Ben Youngs set a new personal best by 24 seconds.
• 2nd place is the highest finish the men have placed at the FSU XC Invtitational in program history.

UP NEXT
Flagler will head to Lakeland, Florida for the Ed Holloway Classic on Oct. 16 at the Holloway Park.

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