MANOR COLLEGE MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY OPENS THE REGULAR SEASON IN THE LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

MANOR COLLEGE MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY OPENS  THE REGULAR SEASON IN THE LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

By Steven M. Glassman

Director of Sports Information

September 21, 2019

 

NANTICOKE, PA—Manor College Men's Cross Country made its 2019 regular season debut in the Luzerne County Community Cross Country Invitational.

Three Manor College runners competed in this 4.9K meet.  Sophomores William Rodebaugh (Philadelphia, PA/Keystone) (42:43) and Jewel Funchess (Philadelphia, PA/Olney) (46:52) and freshman Kebba Jagne (East Stroudsburg, PA/Glen Mills) (46:49) ran for the Blue Jays.  Manor did not score in this event.

Thaddeus Stevens Institute of Technology freshman Seamus McGuoirk won the individual race (35:17) out of 32 competitors.  Lackawanna College, who was the lone NJCAA Region XIX Division I participating, won the meet with 26 points.  They also finished with a total time of 3:14:25.

The following NJCAA Region XIX Division III schools participated in this meet (including Luzerne County and Manor): Community College of Philadelphia, Harrisburg Area Community College, Thaddeus Stevens, Valley Forge Military College, and Williamson College of the Trades.

Next Meet: The Blue Jays are scheduled to run in the Jack Saint Clair Memorial Cross Country Race at the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 12 at 1:15 p.m.