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Mingoes men's cross country opens international season strong

Mingoes men's cross country opens international season strong

BOCA RATON, Florida - The University of The Bahamas Mingoes men in eleventh at the tenth annual Florida Atlantic Invitational over the weekend at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton, Florida.

The men's team finished with 325 points while the women's scored 185 points. Both teams ran 5 km (3.1 miles) Friday.

"We ran a bit too fast the first mile," Joseph said. "I wished that we would have paced ourselves a bit better and ran an average of about six minutes a mile and that would have gotten us to about 18 minutes."

Joseph said the competition's pace overall was incredible.

"From the first mile everyone was gone," he said. "Everyone was running fast from the gun. We ran about 5:30 the first mile and everyone else was going 4:50 or 4:40. Unfortunately we just could not keep up."

Jackson Ozias was about 20 second behind Joseph in 19:22.81 for 73rd spot. Kenold Jean was right behind Ozias in 19:29.91 for 74th spot. Dennis Williamson placed 77nd in 20:26.37 and freshman Christopher Minors finished 79th in 20:59.48.

"I think the boys went a bit too fast to start," head coach Ednal Rolle said. "The field went out very fast as well and this field was more competitive than last year.  We didn't perform how I expected. We performed much better last year and it's a lot of work for us to get back on track and as strong as we were last year."