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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Burlington, Vt.
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- High School:
- Burlington
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- Major:
- Health Sciences
Bio
Program Records (throgh 2021)
8k (5 mile): 1st, 24:42 (Sept. 18, 2021 at UMass Dartmouth Invitational)
10k: 3rd, 31:46 (Nov. 6, 2021 at NCAA Championship East Regional)
Awards (through Nov. 6, 2022)
2x All-Northeast-10 First Team (2021, 2022)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2021)
Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2022)
4x Northeast-10 Athlete of the Week (9/21/2021, 9/20/2022, 10/18/2022, 10/25/2022)
Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week (9/21/2021)
3x Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/14/2021, 10/12/2021, 10/4/2022)
Career Meet Wins (6)
Sept. 3, 2021 - Mount St. Mary's Duals (5k: 15:52)
Sept. 11, 2021 - Smith College Invitational (5k: 16:14)
Sept. 17, 2022 - UMass Dartmouth Invitational (5-mile: 23:55)
Oct. 1, 2022 - Mike Woods Invitational (8k: 24:40)
Oct. 15, 2022 - Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup (8k: 24:17)
Oct. 21, 2022 - CCSU Mini-Meet (5k: 14:40)
Career Bests (through Nov. 6, 2022)
5k: 14:40 (Oct. 21, 2022 at CCSU Mini-Meet)
8k: 24:17 (Oct. 15, 2022 at Bruce Kirsh Cup)
5-mile: 23:55 (Sept. 17, 2022 at UMass Dartmouth Invitational)
10k: 31:46 (Nov. 6, 2021 at NCAA Championship East Regional)
Career Firsts
Collegiate Debut: Sept. 3, 2021 at Mount St. Mary's Duals
Top 10: Sept. 3, 2021 at Mount St. Mary's Duals (1st)
Career Top 10s: 9 (last: 2nd, Nov. 6 2022 at Northeast-10 Championship)
High School
Burlington (Vt.) High School
Varsity Letters: cross country, track & field, nordic skiing
XC: team captain (senior), Coaches' Award (sophomore), district champion (senior)
T&F: team captain (senior), indoor 1000m state champion (senior), indoor 1500m state runner-up (sophomore), outdoor Outstanding Field Award (sophomore)
SKI: team's Most Improved Athlete
News Mentions
Men's Cross Country Finishes 34th at NCAA Championship Festival
SEATTLE, Washington (12/2/22) – The 2022 campaign officially wrapped up for the Franklin Pierce men’s cross country team, who placed...
December 2, 2022
Summa Tabbed as USTFCCCA East Region Male Athlete of the Year
NEW ORLEANS, La. (12/1/22) – As the Franklin Pierce men’s cross country team gears up for the upcoming NCAA Championship meet, news...
December 1, 2022
TO THE LEFT COAST: Summa Claims NCAA East Region Title, Men’s Cross Country Headed to National Championship
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (November 19, 2022) -- For the second time in program history (2013), the Franklin Pierce University men’s cross country...
November 19, 2022
Men’s Cross Country Finishes as Runner-Up at NE10 Championship; Summa Second as Well
COLCHESTER, Vt. (November 6, 2022) -- It was a banner day for the Franklin Pierce University men’s cross country program on Sunday, as the...
November 6, 2022
No. 28 Men’s Cross Country’s Summa Named NE10 Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD, Mass. (October 26, 2022) -- For the second straight week, and the third time this fall, junior Wondu Summa (Burlington, Vt.) of the No....
October 26, 2022
Summa Wins Again, Cross Country Wraps up Regular Season at CCSU
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (October 21, 2022) -- It was one final pre-championship tune-up for the Franklin Pierce University cross country program on...
October 21, 2022
No. 28 Men’s Cross Country’s Summa, Morgan Collect NE10 Weekly Awards
MANSFIELD, Mass. (October 19, 2022) -- Following its meet win over the weekend, the No. 28 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University men’...
October 19, 2022
Summa, No. 28 Men’s Cross Country both Take Victory at Kirsh Cup
HOPKINTON, N.H. (October 15, 2022) -- The No. 28 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University men’s cross-country program had yet another...
October 15, 2022
Summa Wins Again, No. 27 Men’s Cross Country Takes Fifth at Mike Woods Invitational
GENESEO, N.Y. (October 1, 2022) -- Running through the National Warplane Memorial on Saturday, junior Wondu Summa (Burlington, Vt.) of the No. 27...
October 1, 2022
Men’s Cross Country’s Summa Selected as NE10 Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD, Mass. (September 20, 2022) -- Junior Wondu Summa (Burlington, Vt.) of the Franklin Pierce University men’s cross country team has...
September 20, 2022
Summa Takes First, Leads Men’s Cross Country to Third in Season Opener at UMass Dartmouth
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. (September 17, 2022) -- Junior Wondu Summa (Burlington, Vt.) not only won the men’s five-mile varsity race Saturday...
September 17, 2022