Auburn swept the JSU Foothills Invitational in Jacksonville, Alabama, on Saturday, as the men earned their second team victory on the season and the women won their third.
The men won the 8K with 17 points, 67 points ahead of second-place Chattanooga. Troy, Lipscomb and Mercer rounded out the top five.
Senior Redatu Semeon won the individual title with a time of 24 minutes, 54 seconds. Auburn claimed seven of the top 10 individual finishes in the men’s race.
The women won the event with 25 points, finishing ahead of Chattanooga with 36 points. Auburn’s runners claimed the third through seventh positions, with junior Rachel Givens finishing the 5K in 17 minutes, 47 minutes.
“We’re very happy with today’s performances with the men’s and women’s teams getting overall wins,” Auburn coach Mark Carroll said. “We had a lot of strong individual performances and times … I’m excited for the Crimson Classic in two weeks where we’ll race some SEC competition before we head to the SEC Championships.”
The Tigers will be back on the course on Oct. 16 at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa.
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