Cross Country: Ravens Compete at NE10 Championship; Summa Wins First Place Individually
Article written by Director of Athletic Communications Luke Tracy
WESTFIELD, MASS. (10/23/2023) – The Franklin Pierce University cross country program collected some serious hardware Sunday at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship.
Running at Stanley Park, a combined 23 teams hit the course with Southern Connecticut State taking first place in both races. For the Ravens, the men's team finished runner-up and the women's team grabbed 8th.
Following the race, the Northeast 10 released its All-Conference teams list which included the following Raven runners:
First Team:
- Wondu Summa
- Ryan Outerbridge
Third Team:
- Tad Darrah
- Angel Mendo Alonso
- Meg Sheline
Men's 8K Race:
The FPU men's cross-country team earned runner up with a combined time of 2:10:08.3 which was just three seconds behind Southern Connecticut State who won first place. Individually, junior Raven runner Wondu Summa (Burlington, VT.) won first place after crossing the finish line in 25:04.9 (5:02/avg. mile) which was a full seven seconds faster than the second-place runner. For Summa, the race marks his third first place finish this season, tacking onto his individual victories at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational in September and a 1st place finish at the 11th Annual Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup on October 13th.
Men's Team and Individual Results can be found below:
FINAL MEN'S RESULTS (8K)
1. Southern Connecticut: 2:07:48.5
2. Franklin Pierce: 2:10:08.3
3. Adelphi: 2:13:53.61
4. Bentley: 2:13:38.0
5. Assumption: 2:13:55.7
6. SNHU: 2:15:01.6
7. New Haven: 2:15:21.3
8. St. Michael's: 2:15:42.6
9. St. Anselm: 2:16:18.9
10. AIC: 2:20:04.7
11. Saint Rose: 2:46:02.6
12: Pace: 2:42:24.0
|
Name |
Place |
Time |
Avg. Mile |
|
1st |
25:04.9 |
05:02.7 |
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7th |
25:31.9 |
05:08.2 |
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Tad Darrah |
15th |
26:12.4 |
05:16.3 |
|
21st |
26:34.0 |
05:20.6 |
|
|
26th |
26:45. 1 |
05:22.9 |
|
|
27th |
26:49.3 |
05:23.7 |
|
|
28th |
26:50.6 |
05:24.0 |
|
|
30th |
26:57.8 |
05:25.4 |
|
|
Janvier Ntakirutimana |
45th |
27:18.9 |
05:29.7 |
|
65th |
27:59.1 |
05:37.8 |
|
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67th |
28:01.8 |
05:38.3 |
|
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83rd |
28:37.4 |
05:45.5 |
|
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103rd |
30:26.1 |
06:07.3 |
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112th |
32:39.1 |
06:34.1 |
Women's 6K Race: The women's team finished in 8th place overall with a combined team time of 2:20:13.2. FPU junior runner Meghan Sheline was the team's top finisher after she grabbed 20th place with a final time of 23:42.6 (6:21.5/avg mile).
Women's Team and Individual Results can be found below:
FINAL WOMEN'S RESULTS (6K)
1. Southern Connecticut: 1:55:19.5
2. Adelphi: 1:55:39.3
3. St. Michael's: 1:58:05.0
4. SNHU: 1:58:26.4
5. St. Anselm: 1:59:23.3
6: Bentley: 2:01:47.5
7. Assumption: 2:15:34.7
8. Franklin Pierce: 2:20:13.2
9. St. Rose: 2:25:02.3
10. New Haven: 2:31:02.3
11. Pace: 2:28:34.7
|
Name |
Place |
Time |
Avg. Mile |
|
Meghan Sheline |
20th |
23:42.6 |
06:21.5 |
|
Saylee Missell |
43rd |
25:29.3 |
6:50.2 |
|
Katie Peterson |
75th |
28:39.6 |
07:41.2 |
|
Emma Cutter |
76th |
28:43.6 |
07:42.3 |
|
Kelsey Gregorio |
92nd |
33:38.1 |
09:01.2 |
Full Race results can be found on the TFRRS website here.
The original NE10 release can be found here.