TERRE HAUTE, Ind.- Winning consecutive Pre-National Cross Country titles in each of the last three seasons put a bulls-eye on the back of the Florida State women's team as the NCAA Championship favorites. What it didn't do was accurately reflect what would transpire a month later when the Seminoles returned to the same course with a national title on the line, only to finish second, fourth and fourth.

To that end, Saturday's runner-up finish to fifth-ranked Georgetown at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational, may be just what coach Karen Harvey'steam needs as the championship season is about to begin.