Women Finish Runner-Up at #ASunXC Championship

Friday, October 30

Jacksonville, Fla.

9:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

Atlantic Sun Championship

Photo by: ASUN Photos

10/30/2015 1:28:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

By: North Florida Athletics

Final Results (pdf)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sophomore Eden Meyer earned a second consecutive first-team all-conference performance in leading the North Florida women's cross country team to a second-place finish Friday morning in the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship meet held at the Hayt Golf Learning Center.

Meyer ran a near season best 17:41 en route to finishing seventh in the individual standings. The Ospreys scored a team total of 73, as Lipscomb claimed their fifth straight team crown with a score of 19.

Senior Lauren Gonzalez was the squad's second finisher running a time of 18:19 to finish 16th followed by freshman Audrey Carpenter in 17th with a personal record 18:20. Carpenter's effort also earned her Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen honors.

UNF's other scoring performances included senior Alexis Irwin in 19th at 18:24 and sophomore Vanessa Philbert, a standout 800m runner for the Ospreys in track and field, in 22nd with a personal best 18:46.

"I think Eden really handled the pressure of expectations extremely well," said head coach Jeff Pigg. "It was great to see her earn first-team all-conference honors again this year and I thought she ran a good race. I was proud of the effort that both our seniors, Alexis and Lauren, gave in their final ASun races. We were excited to also have Audrey Carpenter make the All-Freshman list. As a team we showed great improvement from our season opening home meet here to today's race. While second isn't exactly where we wanted to finish it still was an outstanding performance for this group."

The Ospreys have now finished in the top three at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in nine of its 11 seasons in the league including five runner-up showings. UNF captured the 2009 women's championship.

North Florida will now begin preparation for the 2015 NCAA South Regional scheduled for Nov. 13 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

UNF Finishes
7. Eden Meyer (17:41.45)
16. Lauren Gonzalez (18:19.95)
17. Audrey Carpenter (18:20.06) PR
19. Alexis Irwin (18:24.67)
22. Vanessa Philbert (18:46.50) PR
30. Rachel Licea (19:19.65)
32. Emily Kerns (19:20.05)
36. Grace Meyer (19:30.98)
42. Michelle Wolff (19:50.70)

Atlantic Sun First Team All-Conference
Madi Talbert, Lipscomb: 17:09.59.95 - A-Sun Runner of the Year
Kidan Kidane, Kennesaw State: 17:16.25
Brooke Kingma, Lipscomb: 17:29.22
Barbara Lee Ball, Lipscomb: 17:35.43
Kelli Nesky, Lipscomb: 17:38.28
Kate Bucknam, Lipscomb: 17:39.91
Eden Meyer, North Florida: 17:41.45

Atlantic Sun Second Team All-Conference
Lauren Tarovisky, FGCU: 17:48.14
Sally Larson, Lipscomb: 17:48.72
Katie Bianchini, Lipscomb: 17:50.09
Paige Stoner, Lipscomb: 17:53.55
Bridgette Doucet, Lipscomb: 17:58.35
Nora McUmber, Jacksonville: 18:05.72
Kyla Siemens, Jacksonville: 18:06.80

Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
Brooke Kingma, Lipscomb - A-Sun Freshman of the Year
Kelli Nesky, Lipscomb
Bridgette Doucet, Lipscomb
Nora McUmber, Jacksonville
Audrey Carpenter, North Florida