Falcons Finish 22nd at UMass Dartmouth Invite

Manyok top finisher for Falcons

North Dartmouth, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University men's cross country team placed 22nd overall at the 48th annual UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational this afternoon.

Meet: Corsair Cross Country Invite
Place: 22^nd - 582 Points (33 Teams)

How It Happened

Sophomore Taban Manyok (Lynn, Mass.) led the way once again for the Falcons with a 15^th place time of 25:03.00 over the five mile course, while senior Trevor Fields (Shirley, Mass.) followed in 120^th place with a time of 27:32.00.

Junior Matthew Catarius (Shrewsbury, Mass.) entered the chute next with a time of 27:46.10, classmate Samuel Flint (Methuen, Mass.) followed with a time of 28:28.90. Rounding out the top six finishers for the Green and Gold were freshman Aidan Cattelan (West Hartford, Conn.) (28:51.60) and senior Nicholas Sachetta (North Hampton, Mass.) (28:56.30)

Inside the Numbers

• Fitchburg State placed 11th overall at 2019  Corsair Invite with a total of 340 points
• UMass Lowell won the 2021 Corsair UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational with a total of 44 points.

Up Next

Falcons will compete at the 2021 Purple Valley Invite next Saturday, hosted by Williams College at Mount Greylock High School, starting at 12:00 PM