* Belen Jesuit's Joshua Ruiz won the Race of Champions on Saturday at Holloway Park
Photo Credit: Mark Stonecipher
Belen Jesuit Rolls At Flrunners.com Invitational
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Hurricane Ian may have put a damper on competition in Florida over the last two weeks, but a host of teams were ready to step up to the challenge on Saturday in the rescheduled Flrunners Invitational.
Chief among them?
The Belen Jesuit boys.
The Miami-based team rolled at the competition, watching as junior Joshua Ruiz finished second in the elite race in 15:49.09 while runners two through five went three, five, six and seven as the squad scored 23 points, just eight off of a perfect score.
The 36-second spread was impressive, and so too was the team's 16:10 average. Better yet, head coach Frankie Ruiz also saw his B team win the Jason Byrne Invitational race with 22 points and a 17:31 average.
And, if that's not enough, Ruiz's development runners, the middle school boys, won the boys 3K race, too.
| PLACE | TEAM | POINTS | SCORERS | TIMES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belen Jesuit Preparatory School | 23 | 2+3+5+6+7 (8+9) | 0:36 1-5 Split | 16:10 Avg | |||
| 2 | Cape Coral HS | 73 | 4+10+14+21+24 (32+33) | 1:58 1-5 Split | 17:16 Avg | |||
| 3 | Cambridge (Christian) School | 76 | 1+12+17+20+26 (29) | 2:36 1-5 Split | 17:17 Avg | |||
| 4 | Sickles HS | 121 | 15+16+22+28+40 (47+49) | 1:40 1-5 Split | 18:06 Avg | |||
| 5 | Palmer Trinity School | 139 | 13+18+35+36+37 (43+51) | 1:46 1-5 Split | 18:14 Avg | |||
