BOONE, N.C. – The Appalachian State men's cross country team made its season debut on its home course Friday and finished fifth among 11 teams in the Covered Bridge Open.
Running in wet conditions on the original 8,000-meter layout for the State Farm fields/Kennedy trails course, the Mountaineers totaled 95 points and lost a head-to-head tiebreaker with East Tennessee State for the fourth position.
ACC program Florida State won the event with 43 points, followed by strong Division II program Southern Indiana with 47. App State was only six points behind third-place UT Martin, which got a first-place time of 25 minutes, 52 seconds from Edwin Kurgat.