DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – The Seminole State Women's  and Men's Cross Country Teams both ran their longest race of the fall season. The Daytona State College Beach Relays were 3 mile intervals and the Southeastern University Short Course meet was 3k and 5k respectively. Saturday, the men competed over an 8k course and the ladies over a 5k course.

On the men's side, Sam Henery and Sebastian Kruger-Lagomarsino (aka "Sebass") both showed tremendous improvement over the 2021 result at Embry-Riddle. Henery place 32nd (54th in 2021) and "Sebass" placed 58th (71st in 2021). Henery shaved one minute and 24 seconds off of his 2021 time for a 28:49.17; while Sebass dropped a minute 6 seconds off of 2021 result with a 30:37.08. Joe Royston finished 53rd with a 30:36.64; Deandre Johnson place 70th with a 31:31.56 and Rey Permaul placed 93rd running 36:15.62.

Carly Holadia (right) was once again the top Raider on the ladies side. Holadia finished 39th with a 21:21.5. Lyra Winn clocked in at 22:13.2 for a 46th place finish. Karis Guilbeau (51st, 22:37.0), Kate Ulmer (54th, 22:53.5) and Marina Brown (66th, 24:05.0) rounded out the results for Seminole State.
"I'm pleased with our results, especially on the women's side. We finished 2nd among FCSAA Schools and I think we can continue to build on this race. Sam and Sebass certainly showed great improvement over the last year's meet," state Coach Tucker Morgan. "This is a challenging course, big elevation changes and some soft conditions in certain parts. Good challenge for the team."

The Raiders will next run at the South Florida State College Invitational on September 30. 

RAIDER NOTES:

• The Men's Team finished 4th in the FCSAA Region VIII in 2021, there was not a full Women's team in 2021
• During the 2019 season, the men's team finished 16th at the NJCAA National meet
• 43 Raider Student-Athletes were named Academic All Conference for 2021-22 and 13 achieved Academic All American Status.
• Raider Athletics has generated close to $1,000,000 in economic impact to Seminole County since 2017.
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