Temple University Athletics
Friday, October 14
University Park, PA
11:30 AM
Temple University
at
Penn State National Open
Photo by: Shane Holland
Men's Cross Country Wraps Up Regular Season at Penn State National Open
10.13.22 | Men's Cross Country
PHILADELPHIA - The Temple men's cross country team, coming off a strong performance at Minnesota, heads across the state to battle at Penn State in the Penn State National Open. This will be the final regular season meet of the year for the Cherry and White.
Previewing the Owls
> Redshirt freshman Cole Frank led the Owls at the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing in 50th place with a time of 25:13.5.
>Graham Thomas, Erik Kain, Christian Fitch, and Mattia Zen would finish second through fifth, respectively at Minnesota as the Owls earned a respectable 10th place finish at one of the top meets of the year.Â
The Invitational
> Temple will be one of 14 schools competing at the PSU National Open. The Owls are joined by Bucknell, Columbia, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Tech, La Salle, Lehigh, Northeastern, Penn State, Rider, Rutgers, Syracuse, UMB, and Youngstown State
> Live results from the meet can be found here. Â
Quotable: Assistant Coach Collin Zeffer
"After a long break from racing, I'm really excited to get back to competing this weekend at Penn State. Our guys have put in a tremendous three weeks of training and they we are ready to measure ourselves against some strong regional rivals and a few more solid teams from across the country. This course will also be a good preview of our regional championship which will be contested back here in State College in a month, so I want the guys to take this competition seriously. I think we are all excited and eager to bring our best and compete hard."
Previewing the Owls
> Redshirt freshman Cole Frank led the Owls at the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing in 50th place with a time of 25:13.5.
>Graham Thomas, Erik Kain, Christian Fitch, and Mattia Zen would finish second through fifth, respectively at Minnesota as the Owls earned a respectable 10th place finish at one of the top meets of the year.Â
The Invitational
> Temple will be one of 14 schools competing at the PSU National Open. The Owls are joined by Bucknell, Columbia, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Tech, La Salle, Lehigh, Northeastern, Penn State, Rider, Rutgers, Syracuse, UMB, and Youngstown State
> Live results from the meet can be found here. Â
Quotable: Assistant Coach Collin Zeffer
"After a long break from racing, I'm really excited to get back to competing this weekend at Penn State. Our guys have put in a tremendous three weeks of training and they we are ready to measure ourselves against some strong regional rivals and a few more solid teams from across the country. This course will also be a good preview of our regional championship which will be contested back here in State College in a month, so I want the guys to take this competition seriously. I think we are all excited and eager to bring our best and compete hard."
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