Eden Meyer Punches Ticket to NCAA Cross Country Championship

Friday, November 10

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

10:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

NCAA South Regional

Eden Meyer was UNF's top finisher at NCAA South Region

Photo by: Amelia Barton | UA Photos

Eden Meyer Punches Ticket to NCAA Cross Country Championship

11/10/2017 5:57:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

By: North Florida Athletics

Meet: NCAA South Region Championship
Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Harry Pritchett Running Park)
Date: Friday, Nov. 10, 2017
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COURSE REPORT: Senior Eden Meyer made more history for the North Florida women's cross country team, earning the program's first individual invitation to the NCAA D1 Championship after finishing fifth in a PR and ASUN record time at the NCAA South Region Championship.

FINISH LINE
- North Florida finished 13th as a team at the South Region Championship
- Eden Meyer clocked a personal best 6k time of 19:54.4 en route to garnering All-Region honors and gaining an invite to the upcoming NCAA Championships
- Meyer's time and finish also marked the best in ASUN history... She becomes the third ASUN women's athlete to qualify for the NCAA XC Championships
- Senior Claudio Jalon was the squad's second finisher, posting a 21:07 (41st)
- Junior Audrey Carpenter (81st), senior Grace Meyer (131st) and sophomore Skye Zeller (150th) rounded out the group of scoring runners for the Ospreys
- Freshman Ciara Golliher closed her debut season with a PR run

THOUGHTS FROM COACH PIGG:
"The women's team capped of a successful season with a 13th-place finish. They really bonded well together. It was such a great group of girls which made it a really fun season. Eden ran the fastest 6k of her career and did a great job of staying in the lead pack from the beginning. She looked strong through the entire race. I am very happy for her because one of her goals has been to have the opportunity to compete at cross country nationals. Claudia again ran very well to finish as our number two runner. Audrey continued her good season. Grace finished out her career with a solid performance, despite battling a season long injury that kept her from finishing where we had hoped at the beginning of the year. She competed very hard like she always does though. Skye had a solid race as did Ciara."

WHAT'S NEXT
Eden Meyer extends her historic Osprey career by participating in the NCAA Championship on Nov. 18 in Madison, Wisc.

UNF Results
5. Eden Meyer (19:54.4) PR*
41. Claudia Jalon (21:07.9)
81. Audrey Carpenter (21:41.3)
131. Grace Meyer (22:27.1)
150. Skye Zeller (22:46.4)
159. Ciara Golliher (22:49.9) PR
210. Hannah Evans (24:13.4)

Team Results
1. Ole Miss (59)*
2. Georgia (73)*
3. Samford (94)
4. Florida State (129)
5. Georgia Tech (186)
6. Auburn (199)
7. Mississippi State (236)
8. Vanderbilt (236)
9. Alabama (248)
10. Tennessee (303)
11. Jacksonville (362)
12. Southern Miss (370)
13. North Florida (375)
14. Belmont (381)
15. UAB (390)
16. Lipscomb (424)
17. UT Martin (449)
18. ETSU (466)
19. South Alabama (503)
20. Chattanooga (605)
21. Georgia State (620)
22. Florida (644)
23. Miami (654)
24. FIU (678)
25. Georgia Southern (702)
26. FAU (755)
27. UCF (772)
28. Mercer (776)
29. USF (781)
30. Alabama State (789)
31. Mississippi Valley State (895)

* - NCAA Championship qualifier