Women's cross country team places 31st in FSU XC Invite

The Eastern Florida State College women's cross country team had a solid finish at the FSU XC Invite in Tallahassee on Friday morning.

Running a 6K race for the first time this season, the Titans finished 31^st overall at Apalachee Regional Park against some of the best NCAA Division I and Division II teams.

Sophomore Rori Pandolfini finished 225^th overall, finishing the 6K race in 25 minutes, 37.9 seconds while teammate Malinda Underwood was right behind her, finishing in 236^th place with a time of 25:53.1.

Aubrey Orcutt crossed in 27:23.1 and was 278^th while teammates Ember Michaels finished in 28:27.7. Abigail Derisme (30:12.1), Kyla Grace Waymire (30:27.2) and Liz Morales (31:23.2) all finished close to each other in Tallahassee.

LSU won the invitational as they had runners finish 1-2 in the race. Edna Chepkemoi won the individual title with a time of 19:56,8 while teammate Abigail Chemnagei was right behind her at 19:59.3.

Eastern Florida State College will compete in the FGC Invitational on Oct. 10 at Alligator Park in Lake City, Florida.