FINAL RESULTS

SALEM, Virginia -- Ferrum College's men's cross country team competed Friday, October 14, at the Roanoke College Invitational, held at Green Hill Park. The Panthers placed 13th of 17 teams.

THE BASICS
Radford, an NCAA Division I school, won the team title with 42 points. Roanoke (98) and Bob Jones University (114) finished second and then, then Southern Virginia University (122) and Fayetteville State University (140) rounded out the top five schools. Ferrum was 13th with a team score of 326.

Dylan May of Southern Virginia won the individual tile, covering the 8K course in a time of 24:24.2, beating runner-up Hilary Toroitich of Fayetteville State by almost five seconds. Ferrum's top runner was Clayton Stanford, who finished 58th in a field of 146 runners at 28:51.

TEAM SCORES
1. Radford 42; 2. Roanoke 98; 3. Bob Jones 114; 4. Southern Virginia 122; 5. Fayetteville State 140; 6. Eastern Mennonite 155; 7. Virginia Wesleyan  226; 8. Hampden-Sydney 270; 9. Randolph 270; 10. Shaw 301; 11. UVA-Wise 302; 12. Averett 307; 13. Ferrum 326. 14. Bowie State 330; 15. Mars Hil 350; 16. Bluefield State 435; 17. Johnson C. Smith 475

TOP FIVE RUNNERS
1. Dylan May, Southern Virginia 24:24.2; 2. Hilary Toroitich, Fayetteville State 24:29.9; 3. Josh Daggett, unattached 25:04.5; 4. Derrick Kipchumba, Fayetteville State 25:06.4; 5. Sam Sikora, Radford 25:23.7

FERRUM RUNNERS
Clayton Stanford 58th, 28:51
Kevin Tate 6th, 29:18
Tysen Gotschi 72nd, 29.29
Josh Mills 91st, 30:39
Kayden Ryder 110th, 32:25
Jackson Horton 133rd, 35:59.8
Greyson Crouch 137th, 37:23

UP NEXT
Coach Mark White's team will be back in action Saturday, October 29, at the ODAC Championships. This year's championships will be hosted by Shenandoah University at Kernstown Battlefield in Kernsville, Virginia.