Florida Southern College women’s cross country sophomore Sarah Zamot was selected to the All-Sunshine State Conference First Team while junior Hannah Flemming and seniors Hannah Nelson and Ysabella Guerra were named to the All-SSC Second Team, as announced by the league office today.
Runners that placed 1st to 7th in the SSC Championship were selected to the First Team while runners finishing in 8th to 14th place were named to the All-SSC Second Team.
This is the first All-SSC Selection for Zamot, Nelson and Guerra, and the second for Flemming, who was named to the 2018 All-SSC First Team.
Zamot took third at the 2019 SSC Championships with a time of 22:39.0 while Flemming finished 11th with a time of 23:30.3. Nelson (23:38.9) and Guerra (23:40.7), both seniors, finished next to each other in 13th and 14th, respectively.
Zamot has led the Mocs in every race this season while setting personal records in the 5k, 18:17.1 at the Royals Cross Country Challenge on Oct. 11, and in the 6k, on Oct. 26, where she turned in a 22:39.0 time at the SSC Championships.
Flemming finished second for the Mocs on two occasions, a 60th place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 28, where she turned in a time of 24:11.5 and an 11th place finish at the SSC Championships, where she finished in 23:30.3.
Nelson finished second for Southern at the UF Mountain Dew Invite on Sept. 14 where she crossed the line in 19:28.8, good enough for 42nd overall. She also finished third three times for the Mocs, including a 92nd place performance, where she recorded a personal best 18:59.7 at the Royals Cross Country Challenge.
Guerra finished second for Florida Southern at the Royals Cross Country Challenge, where her 18:44.1 time was good enough for 62nd overall and a new personal best. She also finished third for the team at the UF Mountain Dew Invite, where she crossed the line in 44th with a time of 19:31.1.
The SSC also announced its top honors with Tampa sweeping the three awards. Zoe Jarvis was named Runner of the Year while Aspen Gordon was the Freshman of the Year. The Spartain’s Jarrett Slaven was voted the SSC Coach of the Year. These honors were chosen in a vote among the league head coaches.
The Moccasin’s season continues this Saturday at the NCAA Division II South Region Championship which will be held at Lakeland’s Holloway Park and Nature Preserve.
SSC First Team
Zoe Jarvis, Tampa
Aspen Gordon, Tampa
Sarah Zamot, Florida Southern
Sarah Edens, Embry-Riddle
Ashley Lindeman, Saint Leo
Sydney Rhodes, Tampa
Paige Patterson, Saint Leo
SSC Second Team
Tania Jarreau, Saint Leo
Monika Brill, Tampa
Sintayehu Vissa, Saint Leo
Hannah Flemming, Florida Southern
Anna Miller, Embry-Riddle
Hannah Nelson, Florida Southern
Ysabella Guerra, Florida Southern
Runner of the Year
Zoe Jarvis, Tampa
Coach of the Year
Jarrett Slaven, Tampa
Freshman of the Year
Aspen Gordon, Tampa