The Southeastern University men’s cross country team finished second in their third meet of the season, with two of the top eight individual runners.
The Fire finished with a total score of 63 and a time of 2:21, just behind St. Leo’s time of 2:20.
Senior Mario Perez paced Southeastern again with a time of 27:37, finishing third in the meet. Coach Paul Kurtz commenting on Perez’s performance, “Mario had a great day. It’s a tough course especially in this heat so to come in third today was a great effort.”
This was the Fire’s first race after a two week break, and Perez talked about how that helped them in this race, “We had two weeks off had a good two weeks of training and were able to get our legs under us which helped prepare us.” Perez continued to comment on his performance stating, “I felt good, I felt like I could’ve pushed a little harder, but I feel like here’s a good starting point to be successful the rest of the season.”
Freshman John Perez-Dunn placed eighth overall with a time of 28:11, followed by sophomore Christopher Pinedo who crossed the finish line at 28:15.
Freshman Stephen Ward rounded out the top 20 with a time of 28:28. Junior Jordan Gonzalez finished just behind him at 28:43.
Southeastern is back in action on October 11th in Charlotte, N.C. when they compete in the Royals Challenge.