Cross Country Competes at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational

Friday, October 2

Notre Dame, Ind.

11 a.m. (Women's) / 11:40 a.m. (Men's)

University of Akron

Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational

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Cross Country Competes at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational

October 02 | Cross Country

By: Noah Tylutki, Associate Director of Athletics Communications

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Both Akron cross country teams competed at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational held at UND's Burke Golf Course.

Competing against some of the nation's best teams, the women's squad took ninth (269 points), while the men's team placed 12th (296 points).

Running in rainy conditions, Mercy Jebitok led the way in the women's 5K race with a PR mark of 15:53.49 that placed her fifth. Megan Hipple took 15th (16:19.80, PR) to round out the Zips who placed in the top 20.

Abigael Kiplagat was 63rd in a time of 17:17.52 for a PR, while Kayla Sucharski came in 95th (17:45.57, PR). Kennedy Schlessman (116th, 17:57.36) and Madeline Grant (123rd, 18:05.13) were the other Akron competitors.

Noah Nyageo paced the Zips in the men's 8K race in a time of 23:21.4 for a PR that was good for eighth. Titus Kirui also earned a top-20 performance by finishing in 15th (23:36.9).

Majid Abuaun came in 59th (24:30.6, PR), while Quinn Hopkins was 121st (25:28.1, PR). Emil Stanford (137th, 25:49.5), Brody Bauman (145th, 26:08.0) and James Baisden (155th, 27:34.0) rounded out the Zips competitors.

Up Next
Akron will compete at BGSU's Falcon Invitational on Friday, October 16 as a tune up for the MAC Championships on Halloween in Kalamazoo.