Over the years, Florida State hasn't been to Boone, North Carolina for each of Appalachian State's Covered Bridge Open cross-country meets. The Seminoles have been to Covered Bridge most years, though, and when they visit, people tend to notice. That was certainly the case on 1 September 2017, when Florida State took the team titles in both the women's 5K and the men's 8K, while FSU's Militsa Mircheva won the women's race in 16:54. Tennessee-Martin's Edwin Kurgat won the men's 8K in 25:53, the only win that the Seminoles didn't take back to Tallahassee.The meet was run on the Don Kennedy Trails at the Appalachian State University Farm Fields with the opening race at 5:00 PM--the women's 5K. Running her first cross-country race for Florida State, Bulgarian Olympic marathoner Militsa Mircheva turned in a 16:54--the fastest time ever run in the women's 5K at the Covered Bridge Open. No other woman had ever come close to breaking 17:00 at Covered Bridge; Mircheva had done so in spite of finishing over a hundred meters ahead of the next runner. Ann Asipan, a Tennessee-Martin alumna competing unattached, placed second in 17:25. Megan Mooney of Florida State finished third in 17:33.
Florida State put two more runners in the top ten, Emily Edwards (5th, 18:00) and Mackenzie Landa (8th, 18:10). Seminole Addison Coggins (12th, 18:18) completed Florida State's scoring, giving the team a mathematically unbeatable total of 25 points and first place in a field of twelve teams. Behind top ten finishes from Emily Fedders (9th, 18:15) and Phylissa Greeley (10th, 18:16), hosts Appalachian State placed second with 68 points. Southern Indiana, led by Melina Gryschka (6th, 18:03), was a close third with 74 points.
Top Ten Women, 2017 Covered Bridge Open
- 16:53.29, Militsa Mircheva (Florida State) JR
- 17:24.26, Ann Asipan (Unattached)
- 17:32.01, Megan Mooney (Florida State) SO
- 17:56.68, Hope Jones (Southern Indiana) JR
- 17:59.55, Emily Edwards (Florida State) FR
- 18:02.49, Melina Gryschka (Southern Indiana) JR
- 18:05.67, Lindsey Stallworth (East Tennessee State) FR
- 18:09.15, Mackenzie Landa (Florida State) JR
- 18:14.88, Emily Fedders (Appalachian State) JR
- 18:15.29, Phylissa Greeley (Appalachian State) JR
Women's team scores, 2017 Covered Bridge Open
- Florida State, 25
- Appalachian State, 68
- Southern Indiana, 74
- Tennessee-Martin, 116
- East Tennessee State, 126
- Lynchburg, 193
- Georgia Southern, 199
- Lenoir-Rhyne, 206
- North Carolina-Asheville, 253
- Spartanburg Methodist, 298
- Mars Hill, 344
- Lees-McRae, 350
The men's race started at 5:45. For the first time since 2008, the men competed in an 8K event--shorter than the NCAA championship distance of 10K, but longer than the 6400 meters that the men had raced at Covered Bridge from 2009 through 2016. Tennessee-Martin's Edwin Kurgat didn't seem to mind the extra distance, scooting across the finish line 50 meters ahead of runner-up David Barney of Florida State. Barney covered the course in 26:03, finishing just ahead of the 26:10 clocked by Simeon Roberts. Roberts, formerly of East Tennessee State, was competing unattached.
After Seminoles Bryce Kelley (5th, 26:15) and Tyson Murray (9th, 26:26) had crossed the finish line, Florida State had three runners in the top ten. However, Southern Indiana also had three top-ten athletes--James Cecil (4th, 26:14), Austin Nolan (6th, 26:15), and Darin Lawrence (10th, 26:27). Southern Indiana put Screaming Eagle Nathan Hall (12th, 26:28) across the finish line before the next Seminole, but Florida State answered with Michael Callegari (15th, 26:34) and Stan Linton (16th, 26:35). Once Linton was home, Florida State had 43 points and the Seminoles' eighth Covered Bridge men's title. Just four points back, Southern Indiana was second with 47. Led by Ryan Ford (7th, 26:22), Tennessee-Martin was third in the eleven-team field with 89 points.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Covered Bridge Open
- 25:52.08, Edwin Kurgat (Tennessee-Martin) SO
- 26:02.46, David Barney (Florida State) SR
- 26:09.21, Simeon Roberts (Unattached)
- 26:13.94, James Cecil (Southern Indiana) SR
- 26:14.25, Bryce Kelley (Florida State) SR
- 26:14.48, Austin Nolan (Southern Indiana) SO
- 26:21.06, Ryan Ford (Tennessee-Martin) SO
- 26:22.97, Austin Rogers (Tennessee-Martin) SO
- 26:25.91, Tyson Murray (Florida State) SO
- 26:26.91, Darin Lawrence (Southern Indiana) JR
Men's team scores, 2017 Covered Bridge Open
- Florida State, 43
- Southern Indiana, 47
- Tennessee-Martin, 89
- East Tennessee State, 95
- Appalachian State, 95
- Lenoir-Rhyne, 214
- North Carolina-Asheville, 223
- Mars Hill, 229
- Lees-McRae, 251
- Lynchburg, 254
- Spartanburg Methodist, 346
Seminoles race again in two weeks at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational in Blacksburg, Virgina on Friday, 15 September 2017. After runs at the University of Florida's Mountain Dew Invitational on 23 September 2017 and Notre Dame's Joe Piane Invitational on 29 September 2017, the Seminoles return home to Apalachee Regional Park on Friday, 6 October 2017, for the Florida State Invitational.
| Covered Bridge Open winners, 2002 - 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men | ||
| Date | Team Champ | Individual Champ |
| 6 September 2002 | Appalachian State, 33 | 25:54.50, Mike Reed (Appalachian State) |
| 5 September 2003 | Appalachian State, 19 | 25:46, Mark Maddox (Appalachian State) |
| 3 September 2004 | Florida State, 21 | 25:14.10, Luke Beevor (Florida State) |
| 2 September 2005 | Florida State, 29 | 25:41.62, Andrew Lemoncello (Florida State) |
| 1 September 2006 | Coastal Carolina, 26 | 25:35.82, Brendan O'Keefe (Zap Fitness) |
| 31 August 2007 | Florida State, 25 | 25:12.37, Lance Parker |
| 29 August 2008 | Florida State, 34 | 25:47, Oscar Oqwaro (Queens Charlotte) |
| 4 September 2009 | Florida State, 32 | 19:22.40, Michael Crouch (Queens) |
| 3 September 2010 | North Carolina, 41 | 19:38.14, Evan Watchempino (North Carolina) |
| 2 September 2011 | Southern Indiana, 42 | 25:29.1, Seth Proctor (Florida State) |
| 31 August 2012 | Florida State, 35 | 25:13.4, Chris Moen |
| 30 August 2013 | Florida State, 19 | 25:41.5, Zak Seddon (Florida State) |
| 29 August 2014 | Wake Forest, 23 | 20:48.0, Kent Garrett (Wake Forest) |
| 4 September 2015 | Florida, 32 | 20:02.2, Jack Goodwin (Florida State) |
| 2 September 2016 | Florida, 46 | 20:04.5, Harry Mulenga (Florida State) |
| 1 September 2017 | Florida State, 43 | 25:52.08, Edwin Kurgat (Tennessee-Martin) |
| Women | ||
| Date | Team Champ | Individual Champ |
| 6 September 2002 | Maryland, 41 | 18:12.50, Stephanie Vangsne (Winthrop) |
| 5 September 2003 | Duke, 20 | 18:06, Laura Stanley (Duke) |
| 3 September 2004 | Florida State, 19 | 18:18.20, Natalie Hughes (Florida State) |
| 2 September 2005 | Florida State, 38 | 18:17.44, Laura Bowerman (Florida State) |
| 1 September 2006 | Florida State, 30 | 17:56.91, Caroline Cretti |
| 31 August 2007 | Georgia, 27 | 18:00.03, Susan Kuijken (Florida State) |
| 29 August 2008 | Florida State, 15 | 18:20, Pilar McShine (Florida State) |
| 4 September 2009 | Florida State, 22 | 18:12.30, Amanda Quick (Florida State) |
| 3 September 2010 | North Carolina, 49 | 17:45.07, Nicole Irving (Wake Forest) |
| 2 September 2011 | North Florida, 37 | 18:23.8, Nicole Irving (Wake Forest) |
| 31 August 2012 | Florida State, 38 | 18:14.3, Linden Hall (Florida State) |
| 30 August 2013 | Florida State, 15 | 18:05.9, Hannah Walker (Florida State) |
| 29 August 2014 | Wake Forest, 43 | 18:19.8, Samantha Jones (Wake Forest) |
| 4 September 2015 | Florida State, 29 | 17:44.1, Georgia Peel (Florida State) |
| 2 September 2016 | Florida, 28 | 18:10.8, Carmela Cardama Baez (Florida State) |
| 1 September 2017 | Florida State, 25 | 16:53.29, Militsa Mircheva (Florida State) |
| The men raced 8K in 2002-2008, 6400 meters in 2009-2016, and 8K in 2017. The women's distance was 5K from 2004-2017. | ||
Links
- Complete results of Appalachian State's 2017 Covered Bridge Open Cross-Country Meet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR6Y8YvnNRwuZHnIdPtu4yhWI9kTvN1jFW1Q3b-jvxXiD_s0AYSbjLmnhYyQiHzdPiJmvkD2wGb0bJX/pubhtml
- 2015 story, “Peel and the Lady Seminoles win at Covered Bridge”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/covered-bridge-2015.html
- 2017 Florida State University Seminoles Cross-Country Schedule
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/fsu-xc-schedule-2017.html
- Cross-country meets closer to Tallahassee in 2017
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/tallahassee-xc-2017.html
- Find a race to run in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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