Burns paces Green and Gold with a time of 27:01.03

North Dartmouth, MA – The Fitchburg State University men's cross country team placed 32nd overall with a total of 927 points at the 2024 UMass Dartmouth Invite this afternoon.

The Basics

Meet: UMass Dartmouth Invite
Place: 32nd Place, 927 Points

How It Happened

Junior Michael Burns (Worcester, MA) led the way for the Green and Gold, placing 120th overall with a time of 27:01.03 over the 8K course, while senior Taban Manyok (Lynn, MA) followed in 156th place with a time of 27:30.56.

Freshman Samuel Edwards (Townsend, MA) was next into the chute with a time of 28:38.35, while sophomore Joshua Lancaster (Holden, MA) notched a time of 29:52.33.

Rounding out the seven finishers for Fitchburg State were graduate student Andrew Bedard (Rutland, MA) (30:31.27), freshman Brendan Guenard (Andover, MA) (30:53.07) and sophomore Jesse Moriello (Saugus, MA) (31:38.89).

Inside the Numbers

• Jake Velazquez of Keene State won the 2024 UMass Dartmouth Invite with a time of 24:41.64
• Fitchburg State placed 30th overall with a total of 839 points at the 2023 UMass Dartmouth Invite
• Boston University won the 2024 UMass Dartmouth Invite with a total of 22 points

Up Next

Falcons return to action next Saturday as they compete at the 2024 Hampshire College 6K/8K, starting at 10:00AM.

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