Bulls Wins USF Invitational; Weir Places First Overall

Saturday, October 5

Tampa, Fla.

7:35 AM

University of South Florida

USF Invitational

Bulls Wins USF Invitational; Weir Places First Overall

October 05, 2019 | Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

TAMPA, Fla., OCT. 5, 2019 – Freshman Alexandra Weir placed first overall and the USF cross country team won both the men's and women's races Saturday morning at the USF Invitational at The Claw.

Weir (Toronto, Ontario) turned in a time of 18:42.78 in the 5K race to finish in the top six for the third consecutive meet. Weir placed fifth at the FGCU Invitational in the opening race of the season and most recently took sixth at the Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 14.

Fellow freshman Alec Latzke (Safety Harbor, Fla.) was the top finisher for the men by placing third overall with a time of 16:18.27.

"It's always great to protect your home," USF distance coach Damon Griffiths said. "Both teams made positive strides forward today and that will give them a huge confidence boost heading into the next part of our season. Alexandra took control of the race early and never looked back. I am pleased with the time spread between our second and sixth runners, but we still have a lot of room for improvement. There was a lot of positive things in the men's race today. Alec and Ben set the tone early."

USF returns to action Friday at 7:40 a.m. when the Bulls travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take part in the FSU Invitational.

RESULTS
Women's 5K
1. Alexandra Weir – 18:42.78
3. Annie Allmark – 19:34.56
4. Alivia Bienz – 19:38.95
5. Cassandra Montalvo – 19:50.32
8. Olivia Ramsey – 20:10.92
9. Nicole Capparell – 20:14.69
12. Jessica O'Bryan – 21:01.75
13. Kayla Skelton – 21:04.74
16. Kaleigh Biss – 21:11.15
19. Mallory Jones – 21:27.14
26. Joy Jackson – 22:02.48
27. Nicole Bello – 22:18.60
31. Sydney Goldberg – 22:36.23
33. Emily Escamilla – 22:43.71
34. Zoe Areford – 23:14.56
39. Aubrey Myrick – 23:37.35
40. Jirah Arnold – 23:55.36
44. Amanda Brake – 24:44.48

Men's 5K
3. Alec Latzke – 16:18.27
4. Ben Kailes – 16:23.17
6. Nickolas Kamen – 16:34.78
7. Evan Babatz – 16:39.47
8. Matt Neeley – 16:40.09
14. Max Cooper – 16:50.14
24. Alec Collado – 17:48.84

About USF Cross Country
Erik Jenkins is in his first 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.