Posted: Sep 17, 2017

Canes Run to Solid Performances at Mountain to Sea Invite

This week Hurricane Cross Country attended the Mountain to Sea Invite to head off with strong competition from UNC-Chapel Hill, UNCW, App State, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Georgia State, Troy, Western Carolina, and Lees Mcrae.

In almost entirely NCAA Division 1 competition, the Louisburg men finished 6th of 9 teams and the women 9th of 10.

For the second straight meet the Canes were led by Jack Mastandrea, who stepped up with a Top 10 individual finish in 25:55 for 8000 meters, and Haley Sheehan, who ran over a minute faster than her previous season best to run 21:15.

"We came to this meet for good competition and that is what we got. Although some of our team did not execute our race plan as desired and were dragged out a little faster than I would've liked to see, we competed very well" states Coach Hayman.

"Nearly everyone took a step forward today and ran a season best and on slightly tired legs from a solid week of training, so overall I was pleased to see how we ran."

Now the Hurricane men and women will take a week off to train before heading to the Queens Royal's Challenge in Charlotte.