LAKELAND, Fla. – Shane Levesque guided the Florida Tech Panthers to a fourth-place finish at the Ed Holloway Classic on Friday night. Tech defeated Bethune-Cookman along with four conference opponents.

The Panthers brought six runners to the meet with all of them placing top-50 and two in the top-20.   
 
Levesque paced the front of the pack most of the race but made his final move into second in the last mile. His second-place finish marks the Panthers highest individual finish since 2024 when Niels Buitenhuis won the Fire Invitational.
 
Tyler Herrera bounced back from the Lewis Crossover to be Tech's second quickest finisher for 17^th place and a time of 27:52.57. In his first appearance of his junior season, Dominic Longobardi was third for the Crimson and Gray and 23^rd overall.
 
Finishing back-to-back, Brycen Haner and Wesley Peterson grabbed 39^th and 40^th place. Then jake Greene rounded out the Panthers with a 47^th place finish.
 
Men's Top Finishers (Place)
1. Shane Levesque – 26:26.13 (2nd)
2. Tyler Herrera – 27:52.57 (17th)
3. Dominic Longobardi – 28:22.23 (23rd)
4. Brycen Haner – 29:12.96 (39th)
5. Wesley Petersen – 29:16.58 (40th)
6 Jake Greene – 29:33.90 (47th)

COACHES CORNER:
"Today was a great day for a controlled workout in less than ideal conditions," said Coach Anderson. "We're looking forward to our final regular season race at UAH and putting all the pieces together."

NEXT UP:
The Panthers head to Alabama to compete in the UAH Chargers XC Invitational on Saturday, October 24, starting at 9 am ET.

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