NORTH DARTMOUTH, MASS. (9/17/2023) – The Franklin Pierce University men's cross country team hit the course at the UMASS Dartmouth Invitational Sunday and FPU junior Wondu Summa (Burlington, VT.)  led the way with a first-place finish in the 8k race.

Summa finished the race in 24:04 which was 10 seconds faster than the second place runner from Boston University. In the first week of competition, Summa took home runner-up by just 1.4 seconds.

Franklin Pierce finished 5^th overall in the race made up of 39 teams totaling over 300 runners. A breakdown of the final times are listed below.

Wondu Summa – 1^st place – 24:04
Ryan Outerbridge – 26^th place -- 25:28
Tad Darrah – 36^th place – 25:44
Ryan Walker – 50^th place – 25:59
Evan McNeice – 51^st place – 26:02
Angel Mendo Alonso – 61^st place – 26:12
Declan Morgan – 96^th place -- 26:59
Harrison Pelosi – 130^th place – 27:33

To view the full list of the results, click here.

Franklin Pierce women's cross country opened up its first race of the season at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational. The team finished with a combined time of 1:59:01 among five runners which put them in 7^th place out of 9 teams.

Individually, Meghan Sheline (Southington, Conn.) was the Raven's top finisher after she ran a 20:08 5k which put her in 8^th place out of 119 runners.

A breakdown of the final times are listed below.

Meghan Sheline – 8^th place – 20:08
Saylee Missell – 31^st place – 21:05
Emma Cutter – 50^th place – 24:05
Katie Peterson – 53^rd place – 25:00
Kelsey Gregorio – 56^th place – 28:42

To view the full list of women's results, click here.