The University of Miami women's cross-country team finished sixth and the men's team finished 10th at the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic in Orlando on Saturday.

Sophomore Anna Bona ran the top time for the UM women's team, finishing in 19 minutes, 57.0 seconds, good enough for 24th place. Kennesaw State won the team title, and the Owls' Mackenzie Howe won the individual title in 18:07.60.

``The women did well through the first mile, but gave up some position into mile two,'' UM assistant coach Damon Griffiths said. ``We have to work on closing our races. However, they have showed improvement in different aspects in each race this season.''

In the men's race, junior Charles Michel was UM's top finisher in 26:58.0, good enough for 18th place.

Winston-Salem State's Andrew Chebii-Singh won the individual title in 25:22.40, and Kennesaw State took the team title. UM finished with 275 points.

``I thought the men ran too conservative, and it cost them,'' Griffiths said. ``They didn't put themselves in position to make moves in the early miles.''

VOLLEYBALL

• Eckerd def. Barry 25-16, 25-23, 20-25, 25-8: Ady Alcantara had 13 kills, Julia Ridley 12 kills, Libby Walter 15 assists and Julie Priester 12 assists for host Barry (10-7, 2-6 Sunshine State Conference). Eckerd is 10-7 and 4-4.

• Saint Leo def. Nova Southeastern 29-27, 26-24, 25-11: Molly Sigerich had eight kills and Taylor Pohlman six for host Nova (12-8, 3-4 SSC). Saint Leo is 17-2 and 8-0.

• Miami Dade College def. Florida State College 25-18, 25-23, 25-15: Yenifer Calcano had 11 kills and 15 digs, Sandra Montoya 21 digs and Iva Cepic 14 digs and seven kills to help MDC (18-3, 8-0 Southern Conference) finish fifth in the Shark invitational. Northwest College defeated Hillsborough CC to win the tournament.

SWIMMING

• UM: The Hurricanes lost to Georgia Tech (156-130), Clemson (162-124) and Western Kentucky (178-114) at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. The Hurricanes (0-3, 0-2 ACC) combined to win six women's events on the day: 1,000-yard freestyle (Ryann Labreche, 10 minutes, 17.53 seconds); 200 freestyle (Anna Saarnak, 1:51.58); 100 breaststroke (Sofia Johansson, 1:04.08); 100 freestyle (Saarnak, 50.68 seconds); 500 freestyle (Labreche, 5:01.77); and 200 individual medley (Deidre Novotny, 2:06.49).

Join the discussion

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point. In order to post comments, you must be a registered user of MiamiHerald.com. Your username will show along with the comments you post. Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.

     Showing: Oldest first Newest first Most-recommended first Least-recommended first

@Nyx.AuthorDisplayName@ wrote on @Nyx.PostedAtTime@:

@Nyx.repliedToText@

@Nyx.replyAnswerText@

Reply to this Comment @Nyx.Recommender@ @Nyx.AbuseReporter@