LAKELAND, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country teams opened their 2024 campaign at the Holloway Park Collegiate XC Opener this morning. On the women’s side, NSU finished in first place with three top 10 finishers including Leena Saidi, who won the meet. On the Men’s side, the Sharks earned a fifth place team finish.
(Women’s 4.2k)
(Men’s 6k)
Head Coach Jonathan Carter – Today our women provided a very good showing of our capabilities. We were led by our veterans Leena Saidi, Eden Toal and a newcomer Jillian Thorning. We will use today’s win as a momentum builder for the season. As for our men we were led by Freshman Marc Gonzalez. He displayed great confidence throughout the race which assisted his teammates to grind out some good results. Both teams will be working hard getting prepared for our next meet.
The Sharks will be back Friday, Sep. 27 for the FSU XC Invitational.
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