NCF Men's and Women's Cross Country put together a strong performance at the FLRUNNERS.COM Invitational at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Friday.
The Men finished fifth out of eight teams and beat out Sun Conference rival Southeastern, while the Women did not place as a team but had two runners in action.
Natheer Suied paced the NCF Men in the 8K race as he posted a time of 28:35.17, placing 26th out of 61 runners.
Xavier Rivera Melendez finished right behind Suied at 28:44.18 to finish in 30th,
Andrew Rodriguez finished in 42nd with a time of 30:57.97,
Alex Llanos finished 44th with a time of 31:15.16,
Owen Euler placed 54th at 34:21.68 and
Pierce Mihailoff rounded out NCF while placing 58th at 37:20.56.
In the women's 6K race,
Arianna Childs finished 39th out of 57 runners with a time of 27:59.78, while Abigail Retberg finished in 50th with a time of 31:42.90.
NCF will return to Lakeland's Holloway Park for the Ed Holloway Classic Oct. 17 in its final regular season race of the season.
