Dage Minors and his Franklin Pierce University Cross Country teammates competed in the Mount St. Mary's 5K Duals.
At the season-opening meet, Franklin Pierce posted a win over host Mount St. Mary's, but were defeated by American and Maryland, Baltimore County.
The meet was not scored in the traditional method of scoring Cross Country Meets. Instead, each team was scored on a head-to-head basis against each of the other schools in attendance. Franklin Pierce posted a 23-33 win over Mount St. Mary's (with lower scores being better), while suffering a 20-38 defeat at the hands of American and an 18-42 loss to UMBC. American defeated all comers at the meet, posting a 3-0 record, while UMBC went 2-1 in front of the 1-2 Franklin Pierce, who outpaced Mount St. Mary's, which finished 0-3.
Individually, Senior Jon Holmes finished the 5K course in 15:53.7, which put him in ninth place out of 83 runners and made him one of 11 athletes to post a time under 16 minutes. Senior Minors and freshman Aidan Gilbride also finished in the top 20 for Franklin Pierce, with the former posting a time of 16:07.8 and the latter crossing the line in 16:10.0.
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