University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Cross Country Finishes Third Saturday Morning
10.10.2015 | Cross Country
THE MEET
Gene Mullin Invitational
Results:
MEN: 3rd – ASHEVILLE
Location: Greenville, S.C.
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The UNC Asheville men's cross country team raced competitively for the first time in 21 days on Saturday morning, finishing third overall in the men's 5K race.
THE TURNING POINT
The Bulldogs placed one runner in the top 15 and four in the top 25 finishers, while first place and meet host Furman took places one through five and second place Georgia Tech had seven runners in the top 20.
NOTABLES
-Dominic Collichio paced the Asheville runners with a 12th place finish with a time of 16:27.17.
-Asheville's next five runners after Collichio all finished within 17 seconds of each other: Patrick Osborne (21, 16:50.33), Caleb Smith (24, 16:57.16), Ryan Catrine (25, 17:03.18), Nathan Kirse (27, 17:05.23) and David Hager (28, 17:07.26).
-Saturday's race was the first competitive meet for the Bulldogs in 21 days after last week's USC Upstate Invitational was washed away by rain. The last Asheville competition prior to Friday was at the UNC Asheville Invitational on September 19.
QUOTABLES
“Not too many times do we get to race in an under-distance race this time of the season. Furman's course had rolling hills that will help us physically and mentally prepare for our conference championships. We did a good job of packing up early and working together as a team, but we still have work to do in the last mile of the race. We had a few of our upper classmen step up today and fill some roles that we have been missing earlier in the season. We came into the race a little tired and sluggish as a result of some hard training over the last few weeks. We are going to start sharpening up over the next five weeks to prepare for the pre-nationals, conference and regional championships.” – Assistant Coach Adam Puett
UP NEXT
-Following this weekend's split team races, the Bulldog men will come back together with the women's team to prepare for the Pre-Nationals race next Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.
