Cary, North Carolina – The Fayetteville State women's cross-country team finished second among HBCU's at the 2018 Robert Shumake HBCU Cross Country Challenge held at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC. The program was fourth in the overall standings and second in the Division II standings.Nelly Kandie finished fifth overall out of 94 runners with a 5-Kilometer time of 19:23.2. She was third against HBCU runners and second to Division II.
Carisha Leonard was the second runner to score followed by Aleena Cruz. Leonard was 23rd overall and 10th in the HBCU rankings with a time of 20:51.1. Cruz was 13th amid HBCUs and 26th overall with her 21:06.5 finish.
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North Carolina A&T was the top HBCU team ahead of the Broncos. NC Central was third. UNC Pembroke was the lead Division II team and Benedict was third. Fayetteville State beat seven CIAA member institutions at the meet.
The men's team finished 12th overall out of 16 teams with 104 runners. FSU was the eighth HBCU to finish the 8-Kilometer course. Charles Pumba and Richard Prudente-Bernal received medals for finishing in the Top 25 of HBCU runners. Pumba crossed the finish line in 28:41.3 with Bernal not far behind at 29:21.
The Broncos will compete in the Livingstone Blue Bears Invitational on Friday October 12th in Salisbury, NC.
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