Tampa, Samhouri Lead Bulls at American Championships

Saturday, October 28

Philadelphia, Pa.

10:00 AM

University of South Florida

The American Championship

Tampa, Samhouri Lead Bulls at American Championships

October 28, 2017 | Cross Country

By: By TOM ZEBOLD | USF Senior Writer

Men's 8k Results
Women's 6k Results

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 28, 2017 – Junior Cash Tampa and freshman Rania Samhouri led USF's squads at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday.

Tampa covered the hilly Belmont Plateau 8k course in 26:39.6 to earn a 38^th-place finish among 77 competitors. Tampa averaged a time of 5:21.9 per mile to lead the 10^th-place USF men's team.

Samhouri (Tampa) has led the USF women all season long and posted a 6k time of 23:38.8 to place 55^th among 102 runners. Senior Sarah Hartman (Tampa) finished five places behind Samhouri with a time of 23:52.8 while the USF women finished in 12^th place.

Quotable
Head coach Dena Reif's thoughts on the Bulls' performances:
"It's definitely not the finish we wanted as a team. Individually, we had some decent performances on a really hilly course. It was really challenging for them without having much training with that."

"On the men's side, we had Cash, John and three freshmen. We lose John next year, but return four out of the top five. On the women's side, Rania and Sarah were a strong No. 1 and 2 for us. We've got to get more people out front."

Team Results - Women
1. UConn (34)
2. SMU (63)
3. Temple (92)
4. Tulsa (101)
5. Tulane (146)
6. Wichita State (173)*
7. ECU (173)*
8. Memphis (208)
9. Cincinnati (209)
10. Houston (245)
11. UCF (321)
12. USF (323)

Team Results- Men
1. Tulsa, (53)
3. UConn (63)
4. Temple (70)
5. ECU (145)
6. Wichita State (148)
7. Tulane (174)
8. Memphis (215)
9. Cincinnati (218)
10. USF (239)

Notables

Other USF men's 8k results: John Weaver, 48^th place, 27:12.7; Evan Babatz, 57^th place, 27:31.8; Matt Neeley, 61^st place, 27:37.8; Austin Camps, 67^th place, 28:05.5; Sebastian Gazda, 75^th place, 28:50.4.; Sam Geiman, 77^th place, 28:57.8; Ricardo Reyes, 83rd place, 29:57.8.
Other USF women's 6k results: Claire Farnsworth, 67^th place, 24:03.7; Yaranel Abreu, 73^rd place, 24:21.5; Annie Allmark, 91^st place, 25:12.8; Nicole Taggart, 93^rd place, 25:19.3; Sara Bowden, 95^th place, 25:49.4; Brianna Rischar, 100^th place, 26:34.9; Keschel Hernandez, 102^nd place, 26:58.2.

Up Next
USF will bring its top seven runners from each squad to the NCAA South Regional that takes place Friday, Nov. 10 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

About USF Cross Country
Dena Reif is in her sixth season as the head coach of USF cross country. The history of USF's women's program consists of five conference and two region championships as well as five NCAA qualifying teams. The USF men's program has produced seven conference championships and three NCAA qualifying teams.

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