Washington Township’s Chris Colavita opened his senior year of cross country at Florida Southern by placing 9th out of 119 runners at the University of Northern Florida Invitational.
Colavita ran 25:04 over 8,000 meters at Cecil Field in Jacksonville and was the Moccasins’ 2nd finisher, crossing the line less than a second behind sophomore Michael Toppi.
Colavita placed 2nd in the Sunshine State Cross Country Championships last fall at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Fla., and was 15th in the NCAA Division 2 South Region Championships in Huntsville, Ala.,
Indoors, Colavita is Florida Southern school record holder at 3,000 meters [8:26.76] and outdoors he’s 3rd at 10,000 meters [30:38.36], 4th at 5,000 meters [14:33.96] and 8th at 1,500 meters [3:54.70].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 