{"id":2154,"date":"2019-09-07T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2019-09-07T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:41:01","slug":"seu-mens-cross-country-wins-second-consecutive-holloway-park-preseason-festival-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/09\/07\/seu-mens-cross-country-wins-second-consecutive-holloway-park-preseason-festival-title\/","title":{"rendered":"SEU Men\u2019s Cross Country Wins Second Consecutive Holloway Park Preseason Festival Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"689\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-3.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-3-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-3-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-3-1024x461.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nThe Southeastern University men&#8217;s cross country team came away with a win in its first meet of the year, and nearly pulled off a perfect score in doing so.<br><br>SEU had seven of the first eight runners across the line, scoring 17 points and cruising to victory.<br><br>&#8220;We had the goal to win the race and what we were focused on without using too much energy,&#8221; said coach&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/staff.aspx?staff=31\">Paul Kurtz<\/a>. &#8220;Our guys didn&#8217;t look like they were exhausted at the end, so we&#8217;ll see how much this takes out of us for next week when we run in a bigger race with more competition.&#8221;<br><br>The top seven Fire runners put together a combined team time for the 6K race of 1:44:16, which was nearly seven minutes faster than second place Florida College.<br><br>Newcomer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2479\">Mario Perez<\/a>&nbsp;was the top finisher for Southeastern, placing second overall behind an unattached runner in a time of 20:15.<br><br>&#8220;Coach (Kurtz) gave us paces to go off of and I think we went a little faster than we were supposed to, but I felt good,&#8221; said Perez. &#8220;The point was to be controlled and relaxed and have a good solid effort.&#8221;<br><br>Junior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2335\">Jordan Gonzalez<\/a>&nbsp;was 14 seconds back of Perez to finish third. Freshman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2346\">John Perez-Dunn<\/a>&nbsp;was fifth overall just three seconds behind Gonzalez.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2340\">Christopher Pinedo<\/a>&nbsp;was ninth across the line in 21:16 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2353\">Stephen Ward<\/a>&nbsp;rounded out the scoring in 10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;overall and sixth among scoring runners in 21:30.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2349\">Michael Holden<\/a>&nbsp;placed 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in 21:33, followed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2350\">David Milburn<\/a>&nbsp;five seconds later.<br><br>The Fire return to action a week from today at the University of Florida Mountain Dew Invitational. &nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeastern University men&#8217;s cross country team came away with a win in its first meet of the year, and nearly pulled off a perfect score in doing so. 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