Shippensburg University’s men’s cross-country team claimed the team victory in the short invitational 4K, and the women finished in second place as a team in the 4K at the 2024 Dickinson Invitational in the rain on Saturday.

The Invitational offered a short and long race for each the men and the women. Shippensburg only contested the short races to get ready for the rest of the season after taking the previous weekend off from competing and did not compete in the 6K (women) or the 8K (men). The team scoring was made up of the top three runners and not the usual top five.

Redshirt freshman Tommy Crum Jr. paced the male Raiders in the 4K and finished second in 12:07.9. Junior Garrett Quinan in third and senior Aiden Gonder in fourth completed SU’s 2-3-4 scoring performance. Dickinson’s senior Brock Overlander won the individual 4K for the hosts who finished second in the team standings. Overlander only finished 0.6 seconds ahead of Crum.

The Raiders had three more Top 10 finishes from the men with junior Ryan Wolfe running sixth, graduate Ian Sherlock finishing seventh and freshman Ramon Urena placing ninth. All 13 Shippensburg men finished in the Top 35, showing the depth of their squad. 

Senior Victoria Mattioli led the women’s team with her fifth-place finish. The other scoring performances came from junior Livi Rieck in eighth place and freshman Ella Hartel, who placed tenth. Fellow freshmen Victoria Bartholomew and Shaela Kruskie rounded out the good team finish in the top 20, finishing 17th and 18th respectively.

Washington & Lee ran 1-2-3-4 and were victorious in the women´s 4K team score. The Raiders placed second with 23 points ahead of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival Bloomsburg, who scored 29 points.

Both the men and women will wrap up their regular season with their biggest meet next week at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run as they prepare for their postseason races in late October and early November.

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