SMYRNA, Del. – Coppin State's men's cross country team took fifth of eight teams while the women finished seventh as the Eagles opened their season last Friday at the Sting Invite at the DSU Research & Outreach Center.
Etiam Torgbenu led the men's squad by finishing 17
th overall with a time of 18:01.9 on the 5K course. He was followed shortly after by freshman
Humed Nura in 18:18.7 and
Asa Francis in 18:32.2.
Jayeed Norbal clocked a 19:33.8 while
Stephen Spencer and
Amiri Goode finished in 20:28.0 and 20:36.8, respectively.
On the women's side,
Saidai Stuteley led the way by covering the course in 24:45.8. A trio of Eagles finished back-to-back-to-back with
Brianna Benton,
Destinee Lewis and
Kaelyn Woodrum while
Kimani Alphonse rounded out the top five.
The Eagles return to action on Saturday, September 23 for the UMES Soaring Hawks Invitational.
