Several Top-10 Marks Set During Opening Indoor Meet

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Southern women's track team opened its 2025 indoor season Friday as 12 Moccasins were in action at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. The Moccasins set top-10 program times in all three events in which they competed.   
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Location: Alachua County Sports Complex at Celebration Pointe | Gainesville, Fla.
 
TOP PERFORMERS

• The opening event for the Mocs was the mile as senior Emma Mussante and sophomore Grace Reed set top-10 times to lead a group of nine Mocs in the event. Mussante took 21^st overall but was the top non-Division I runner in the event. The first seven FSC finishers were the top-seven non-Division I runners in the race which also included competitors from Embry-Riddle. Mussante's time of 5:13.75 ranked as the fourth-best time in program history while Reed stopped the clock at 5:15.10 to take 23^rd overall and seventh in the FSC record book. The next two Moccasin finishers were sophomore Kira Mothershed and graduate student Ellie Fluman who took 28^th and 31^st, respectively. Mothershed crossed the line in 5:21.66 while Fluman came across in 5:24.72. The final five Moccasin finishers were junior Caitlin Beery (33^rd, 5:25.66), freshman Alena Pezzoli (36^th, 5:27.35), sophomore Emma Nales-Torchio (37^th, 5:27.86), freshman Katrina Machado (50^th, 5:39.03) and freshman Kira Casane (56^th, 6:05.43).
• Beery, Pezzoli and Machado went on to compete in the 800m and were joined by graduate student Jinia Johnson. Beery and Johnson led the way as they finished 20^th and 23^rd, respectively. Beery posted the sixth-best time in program history while Johnson earned the ninth-best time. The pair now own six of the top-10 times at FSC. Beery clocked in at 2:25.28 while Johnson came across in 2:27.33. Pezzoli came in just behind Johnson in 24^th at 2:27.66. The final FSC finisher was Machado who placed 37^th at 2:47.15.
• The final event for FSC was the 3000m where six Mocs competed. Three of the six posted top-10 program times including Mussante, Reed and Fluman. Mussante placed 15^th overall while turning in the third-best time in program history at 10:20.01. Reed was next across for FSC at 10:32.69 which earned her 23^rd overall and 5^th in the record book. The final record book performance came from Fluman who took 25^th in 10:33.91 to take 6^th in the performance list. Junior Rachel Hockenberry came in five spots back in 30^th at 10:45.98 while senior Mya Stam placed 34^th in 10:51.19. The final FSC finisher was Casane who took 51^st in 11:44.49.

 
UP NEXT:
The Moccasins will be back in action in Gainesville Jan. 24-25 to compete in the RADD Sports College Invitational.