Men's Cross Country Wins Third-Straight Race at UMass Dartmouth Invite
Three Ravens finish among top-10 of individual standings
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. (September 21, 2013) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s cross country program had never won a race prior to the 2013 season, but on Saturday the Ravens made it three wins in as many events as they won the UMass Dartmouth Invitational in North Dartmouth, Mass.
The Ravens finished with a top team score of 52 points and finished ahead of Keene State, which placed second. Franklin Pierce also finished ahead of a pair of Northeast-10 foes in Assumption and Southern New Hampshire, while also beating an entry from Division I school Holy Cross. Twenty-eight teams overall competed in the race.
Junior Antoine Gisore (Concord, N.H.) made it two wins in his opening three races of the season on Saturday, by placing first in a time of 24:46.56 – a full 14 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Gisore has gotten off to a phenomenal start this season by finishing among the top-two runners in each of the opening three events.
Freshman B.J. Smith (Concord, N.H.) finished eighth out of 210 competitors in a time of 25:26.43, while sophomore Makopa Rugabirwa (Concord, N.H.) was the third Raven to finish among the top-10 of the individual standings, as he placed 10th with a mark of 25:31.93.
Sophomore Colton Ham (Webster, N.H.) placed 13th with a time of 25:42.36, and rookie Jon Holmes (Albany, N.Y.) was the fifth Raven to count towards the team score with a 24th place effort in a time of 26:23.78.
Franklin Pierce returns to action in two weeks when the Ravens travel to Bethlehem, Pa. to compete in the prestigious Paul Short Run.
For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s cross country, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce men’s cross country apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)