East Ridge, Tenn. - The Eagles and Lady Eagles headed to the foothills of the Appalachians for the Dalton State Nooga at Night Invite. The two teams competed at the Camp Jordan course for their latest season start time. The race started at 8:30 p.m. for both the men's and women's. The men's race consisted of eight schools and the women's had 10 across the NCAA, NJCAA and NAIA. 

For the men, the Eagles finished seventh out of eight teams. The fastest time for the Eagles came from Freshman Brodie Moore for the third race in a row and his third in his career. In his first race for Faulkner, he set a school record for individual finish time in a 5k with 16:46.99. In this race, he set the school record again, beating his previous time with 15:53. Moore finished 18th out of 79 racers. Other finishers for the Eagles were Carson Roberson (54) Creed Spivey (60) Ethan Thomas (66) Nathan Schumacher (70) Aaron Treubig (77) Landon Hunton (79) who all set personal records in the 5k. The team average for the Eagles also was broken with a time of 18:12.8, beating the previous record of 19:39.1.

The Lady Eagles finished sixth of 10 teams. Chloe Helms finished with the fastest time for Faulkner at 18:27. Helms is a freshman who also set a school record in her first-ever meet at 19:45.65. In her third meet ever, she joined Brodie Moore again, breaking her previous time with 18:27. Helms finished ninth out of 79 runners.  Other finishers for the Lady Eagles were Avery Rogers (17) Josie Edwards (44) Mary Alice Murner (48) Martha Mendez (56) Claudia Velazquez (57) Saryah Martin (62), who all set personal records in the 5k. The Lady Eagles also beat their team average with a time of 21:02. The previous record stood at 22:28.2.

"It was a great night to be an Eagle! There was great weather on a fast course in a well-run event by Dalton State. 14 runners ran for us, and 14 PRs went down.  It was a clean sweep!  

All we ask as coaches is that athletes are working to be better today than yesterday and our team has bought into that.  Our theme last week was "Be there before you get there."  We talked about focus, preparation, and that the confidence you get will come from the work you do.  Coach Britton deserves some credit as he has done a great job each day with our training plan.  However, it is the athletes that are getting the job done. It is nice to see the confidence grow in our athletes from their work that established record outcomes.  We hope that recruits will see that if they come to Faulkner and give their best, they will improve and do great things!" said Coach Reed Sutton.



The Eagles and Lady Eagles wrapped up the regular season on a great note to head into the SSAC Cross Country Championships. The meets will be held in Danville, Ala. at the Oakville Indian Mounds Park on Nov. 8, with the men starting at 9:00 a.m. and the women at 9:45 a.m.