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Posted: Oct 05, 2013

Men's Cross Country Finishes 6th out of 46 Teams at Prestigious Paul Short Run

Men's Cross Country Finishes 6th out of 46 Teams at Prestigious Paul Short Run

Makopa Rugabirwa places 16th out of 372 runners

RESULTS

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (October 5, 2013) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s cross country team turned in an impressive sixth place showing out of 46 teams in the College Men’s White race at the prestigious Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa. on Saturday. The Ravens finished with 218 points in the race, as the Short Run draws a lengthy list of the nation’s top programs from across all divisions.

Franklin Pierce was the highest placing Division II school in the white race, and finished ahead of 15 Division I entrants in that specific race of the day’s events. Princeton won the event with a score of 94 points.

The Ravens were led by junior harrier Antoine Gisore (Concord, N.H.), who placed seventh out of 372 competitors in a time of 25:27. It marked the fourth-consecutive race this season that he finished among the top-10 of the individual standings, while also being the highest Ravens finisher each time.

Sophomore Makopa Rugabirwa (Concord, N.H.) was the other Raven to finish among the top-20 of the individual standings, as he placed 16th with a time of 25:49.

Rookie B.J. Smith (Concord, N.H.) placed 43rd with a time of 26:22, while classmate Jon Holmes (Albany, N.Y.) followed in 67th in a time of 26:41. Sophomore Colton Ham (Webster, N.H.) was the fifth Raven to compete and count towards the team score as he placed 85th with a mark of 26:52.

The Ravens were competing for the first time in two weeks, as they entered Saturday’s event with three-consecutive wins to open the season. Franklin Pierce has been the highest Division II finisher in each of its four races the Ravens have competed in this season.

The men’s squad was the only team to compete at the Short Run on Saturday, as the women’s team was scheduled to run, but its race was called off due to weather conditions throughout Northeast Pennsylvania.

Both the men’s and women’s teams return to action next Saturday when they compete in the NEICAAA Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s cross country, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce cross country apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)