Wondu Summa
Wondu Summa
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Burlington, Vt.
  • High School:
    Burlington
  • Major:
    Health Sciences

Bio

Full Career Results (TFRRS)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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