North Dartmouth, Mass. – The Fitchburg State men's cross country team placed twenty-eighth at the UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational. Teams across NCAA Division I, II, and III participated in the event.

The Basics

Meet: UMass Dartmouth Invitational
Place: 28th place, 829 points (36 Teams)

How It Happened

• Junior Taban Manyok (Lynn, Mass.) paced the Falcons with a time of 26:12.12, finishing first for Fitchburg State and 47th place overall.
• Sophomore Aidan Cattelan (West Hartford, Conn.) finished second for the Green and Gold with a time of 29:20.18, while first-year Michael Burns (Worcester, Mass.) finished next at 29:40.28.
• Senior Cameron Davis (Gardner, Mass.) and senior Tyssen LaBombard (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) rounded out the scoring for Fitchburg State with times of 29:53.71 and 32:32.79, respectively.

By the Numbers

• Freshman Brady Madigan (Ayer, Mass.), 33:25.79
• Freshman Omar Elmi (Worcester, Mass.), 35:51.39
• UMass Lowell won the meet with a total of 65 points. Connecticut College finished in second (115 points), while Franklin Pierce rounded out the top three (127 points). 

Up Next

The Falcons return to action on Saturday (9/24) when they head to Bowdoin College Invitational.