MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Florida Southern College men's cross country team saw five members honored by the Sunshine State Conference Tuesday afternoon as the league office announced its annual all-conference team selections. Senior Owen Allen along with sophomores Anthony Matthew, Christian Giller and Chris Colavita were all named First Team All-SSC while graduate student Alex Guy earned Second Team All-SSC accolades.
 
The five all-conference selections are the most for the Moccasins since 2006 when they had six selections including four first team and two second team. The four first team selections mark the most for FSC since 2016 when the Mocs had four honorees as well.
 
The Moccasins captured the 2023 Sunshine State Conference Championship this past weekend, dethroning the four-time defending champions Embry-Riddle in the process. The Mocs placed all five of their scoring runners in the top-eight with the top-seven finishers earning all-SSC honors.
 
League coaches voted for Runner, Freshman, and Coach of the Year awards, while runners who finished Top-14 at the 2023 SSC Men's Cross Country Championship earned All-SSC status.
 
Allen earns his first career all-conference accolades after taking sixth at this year's SSC Championship at Holloway Park. The senior completed the 8K course in 25:13.2. The Key West, Fla. native competed in three regular season meets for the Mocs where he took 46^th at the Mountain Dew Invitational, 11^th at the FSU Invite and 35^th at the UAH Chargers Invitational. The senior has overcome several injuries throughout his career and was named the 2022-23 Florida Southern College Male Comeback Athlete of the Year following last season's performance.
 
Matthew, the 2022 Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year, earns his second career All-SSC honors after being named Second Team All-SSC last season. The Stuart, Fla. native led the Mocs at the 2023 SSC Championship as he placed third overall after completing the course in 24:59.6. The sophomore competed in four regular season meets for the Mocs where he took 11^th at the Mocs XC Kick-off followed by a 60^th place showing at the Mountain Dew Invitational. Matthew took 77^th at the FSU Invite before posting a personal best at the UAH Chargers Invitational and placing 18^th overall. Matthew is on pace to become the eighth Florida Southern men's cross country runner to be named All-SSC four times.
 
Giller finished just behind Matthew at the 2023 SSC Championship as he took fourth overall while crossing the finish line in 25:02.9. The Brandon, Fla. native competed in four regular season races for the Mocs as he placed fourth overall at the Mocs XC Kick-off to open the season before taking 33^rd at the Mountain Dew Invitational. He earned another top-10 finish at the FSU Invitational where he took 10^th overall before posting a personal best in the 8K at the UAH Chargers XC Invitational while placing 19^th overall.
 
Colavita earns his first all-conference honors after taking seventh at the 2023 SSC Championship with a mark of 25:16.4. The sophomore competed in four regular season meets for the Mocs as he opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Mocs XC Kick-off followed by a 28^th place showing at the Mountain Dew Invitational. In his next race he took 30^th at the FSU Invitational followed by a personal best in the 8K at the UAH Chargers Invitational where he placed 49^th overall. This is the first all-conference accolades for the Washington Township, N.J. native.
 
Guy rounds out the list of FSC honorees as he earned his first all-conference accolades in his final season with the Moccasins. The graduate student took home 2022 USTFCCCA All-South Region honors for his performance at the 2022 NCAA South Region Championship last season but this marks his first all-conference nod. The Keystone Heights, Fla. native has been a leader in the program for the last several seasons and caps off his conference career with Second Team All-SSC honors after taking eighth at the 2023 SSC Championship this past weekend. He completed the 8K course in 25:19.6 while finishing eighth overall, one spot shy of first team honors. He competed in four regular season meets for the Mocs and opened the season with a third-place finish at the Mocs XC Kick-off followed by a 44^th place showing at the Mountain Dew Invitational. He earned a top-20 finish at the FSU Invitational as he took 20^th overall followed by a 38^th place finish at the UAH Chargers Invitational.
 
Tanner Rosolino of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University collected Runner of the Year accolades while Nick Scarangelli, also out of Embry-Riddle, earned Freshman of the Year honors. Embry-Riddle's head coach Mike Rosolino took home Coach of the Year honors for the fourth-straight season.
 
Allen, Matthew, Giller, Colavita, Guy and the rest of the Mocs have begun preparation for the 2023 NCAA South Region Championship which will be held in Montevallo, Ala. on Saturday, Nov. 4.
 
Runner of the Year: Tanner Rosolino, Embry-Riddle
Freshman of the Year: Nick Scarangelli, Embry-Riddle
Coach of the Year: Mike Rosolino, Embry-Riddle
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2023 Men's Cross Country All-SSC First Team
SSC Finish	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
1	Brendon Shea*^+	Embry-Riddle	Jr.	Hershey, Pennsylvania
2	Tanner Rosolino*+	Embry-Riddle	Sr.	Port Orange, Florida
3	Anthony Matthew^+	Florida Southern	So.	Stuart, Florida
4	Christian Giller	Florida Southern	So.	Brandon, Florida
5	Aaron Englehardt	Tampa	Jr.	Flemington, New Jersey
6	Owen Allen	Florida Southern	Sr.	Key West, Florida
7	Chris Colavita	Florida Southern	So.	Washington Township, New Jersey
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2023 Men's Cross Country All-SSC Second Team
SSC Finish	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
8	Alex Guy	Florida Southern	Gr.	Keystone Heights, Florida
9	Andrew Stowe^	Embry-Riddle	So.	Plant City, Florida
10	Gabe McConville	Tampa	Jr.	Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
11	Jared Hammill^	Tampa	Jr.	Tampa, Florida
12	Caleb Belmont	Tampa	Sr.	Carroll, Ohio
13	Nathan Reffitt	Tampa	Jr.	Tallahassee, Florida
14	Toinou Laigle^	Palm Beach Atlantic	So.	Bourges, France

 
* = # of Previous All-SSC First Team Honors
^ = # of Previous All-SSC Second Team Honors
+ = # of Previous Freshman of the Year Honors
 
¹ Past SSC Runners of the Year winners from ERAU: Paul Kraemer (2022); Shaun Bullock (2018)
² Past SSC Freshman of the Year winners from ERAU: Brendon Shea (2021); Micah Blair (2020); Tanner Rosolino (2019); Ryan Szklany (2018)