Ocean City’s Nick Scarangelli of Embry-Riddle placed 17th out of over 100 runners Saturday in the Sunshine State Conference XC Championships.
Scarangelli ran 25:50.8 over the 8,000-meter course at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Fla., and was the first freshman finisher. He was Embry-Riddle’s 5th finisher, helping the Eagles place 2nd with 45 points, behind only Florida Southern of Lakeland, which had 5 of the first 8 finishers and scored 28 points.
Embry-Riddle is an aviation- and aerospace-oriented university in Daytona Beach. They’ll compete in the NCAA Division 2 South Region Championships on Nov. 4 at Montevallo Cross Country Course in Montevallo, Ala.
The Eagles are ranked 3rd in the most recent USTFCCCA South Region rankings, behind Lee University of Cleveland, Tenn., and Alabama-Huntsville. They were ranked 28th nationally this week, their first time in the NCAA Division 2 national rankings this year.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 