{"id":3028,"date":"2019-09-28T10:46:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2019-09-28T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:46:31","slug":"seu-mens-cross-country-finishes-2nd-at-fl-runners-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/09\/28\/seu-mens-cross-country-finishes-2nd-at-fl-runners-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"SEU Men&#8217;s Cross Country Finishes 2nd at FL Runners Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-10-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-10-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-10-2-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-10-2-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/image_handler-10-2-1024x461.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Southeastern University men&#8217;s cross country team finished second in their third meet of the season, with two of the top eight individual runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fire finished with a total score of 63 and a time of 2:21, just behind St. Leo&#8217;s time of 2:20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2479\">Mario Perez<\/a>&nbsp;paced Southeastern again with a time of 27:37, finishing third in the meet. Coach&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/staff.aspx?staff=31\">Paul Kurtz<\/a>&nbsp;commenting on Perez&#8217;s performance, &#8220;Mario had a great day. It&#8217;s a tough course especially in this heat so to come in third today was a great effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the Fire&#8217;s first race after a two week break, and Perez talked about how that helped them in this race, &#8220;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.&#8221; Perez continued to comment on his performance stating, &#8220;I felt good, I felt like I could&#8217;ve pushed a little harder, but I feel like here&#8217;s a good starting point to be successful the rest of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freshman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2346\">John Perez-Dunn<\/a>&nbsp;placed eighth overall with a time of 28:11, followed by sophomore&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2340\">Christopher Pinedo<\/a>&nbsp;who crossed the finish line at 28:15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freshman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2353\">Stephen Ward<\/a>&nbsp;rounded out the top 20 with a time of 28:28. Junior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2335\">Jordan Gonzalez<\/a>&nbsp;finished just behind him at 28:43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southeastern is back in action on October 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in Charlotte, N.C. when they compete in the Royals Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeastern University men&#8217;s cross country team finished second in their third meet of the season, with two of the top eight individual runners. 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