Manyok Repeats, Falcons Place Third at MASCAC Championship

Westfield, Mass. – Junior Taban Manyok (Lynn, Mass.) notched his second consecutive individual title to pace the Fitchburg State men's cross country team to a third-place finish at the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Championship this afternoon at Stanley Park hosted by Westfield State University.
The Basics
Meet: MASCAC Championship
Score: Third (Seven Teams) 74 points

How It Happened

Manyok captured back-to-back titles with a late push to complete the 8K course in a time of 26:14.11, edging John Nekitopoulous from Westfield State. With the win, Manyok was named the MASCAC Runner of the Year and MASCAC All-Conference.

The Falcons also placed rookie Michael Burns (Worcester, Mass.) on the MASCAC All-Conference team with a 10th-place finish and a time of 28:04.31

Senior Tyssen LaBombard (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) was the next to cross the finish line in 21^st place (29:14.13) followed by sophomore Aidan Cattelan (West Hartford, Conn.) in 23^rd (29:24.93).

Senior Cameron Davis (Gardner, Mass.) finished in 26^th place with a time of 29:46.63 to close out the scoring for the Green and Gold.

Inside the Numbers

•             Junior Angelo Pinto (Chaplin, Conn.), 31^st (30:05.43)
•             Freshman Brady Madigan (Ayer, Mass.), 51^st (32:16.77)
•             Junior Andrew Bedard (Rutland, Mass.), 52^nd (32:16.78)
•             Junior Elijah Stathis (Northampton, Mass.), 56^th, (33:05.32)
•             Freshman Omar Elmi (Worcester, Mass.), 57^th (33:08.91)
•             Bridgewater placed first overall at this year's MASCAC Championship with a total of 42 points, followed by Westfield state in second with 46 points.
  

Up Next

The Falcons will compete in the 2022 NCAA DIII New England Regionals on Saturday, November 12^th at Bowdoin College.