Men's cross country team has solid outing at Southern Showcase

The Eastern Florida State College men's cross country team opened the season Friday morning at the Southern Showcase at the John Hunt Cross Country Running Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Titans ran against NCAA Division I and Division II programs and finished 46^th overall as a team. The University of Alabama won the meet.

Freshman Jaiden McKee led the Titans, finishing the 8K race in 27 minutes, 56.1 seconds and finished 368^nd overall. Teammate Wyatt Pittman ran in 28:31.1 which was 395^th best.

Morgan Vici started out his sophomore season with a 28:41.2 run while Joshua Torres finished in 29:37.4 and Wenn Gilbertson crossed in 30:00.4. Noah McMann was 28 seconds behind Gilbertson, finishing in 30:28.1. Toby Grisson (31:08.8), Mike Quint (34:52.2) and Gabe Nix (34:55.3) all finished in the top 450.

Eastern Florida State College will compete in the Pre-Region Meet on Sept. 26 in Tallahassee.