Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Spike up at Penn State

Friday, September 13

University Park, Pa.

10 A.M.

Temple University

Harry Grove Spiked Shoes Invitational

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Spike up at Penn State

9.12.24 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple cross country teams will race Friday, Sept. 13th in the Harry Grove Spiked Shoes Invitational hosted by Penn State University. The Owls look to build after a stellar performance in their 2nd Annual Home Invitational. The women's race will start at 10 A.M and the men's at 10:45 A.M.

Previewing the Owls

The men's team kicked off the season with a victory at their home invitational with a first-place finish from David Troy. Three other owls placed in the top 10.
Freshman Amelia Sabatino placed 14th in her college debut in the home invitational.
This Friday five women and ten men will represent the Cherry & White.

The Field

On the women's side, 21 teams will be in attendance, and 19 for the men.
Last season, the women placed 5th out of seven schools, while the men finished 4th at the Harry Grove Spiked Shoes Invitational.
At last year's meet Cole Frank led the men's team, finishing 12th. His teammates David Troy, Liem Chot, Josh Christianson and Mattia Zen all finished top 30.

The results of this meet can be found on PTTiming.com.

Quoteable: Assistant Coach Riley Buchholz
"I am excited to have both teams competing at such a historic and respected meet. There are going to be a lot of regionally ranked teams and a few nationally ranked teams at this meet! This meet will be a great opportunity to see where both teams are at. On the men's side, I genuinely believe we can walk away with an extremely high finish at this meet! "