Mastodon Cross Country Travels to Notre Dame for the Joe Piane Invitational

Friday, October 4

Notre Dame, Ind.

noon

Purdue Fort Wayne

Joe Piane Invitational

Austin Hall, Nick Mills, Sam Dunnett, Harrison Niswander

Photo by: Josh Gales

Mastodon Cross Country Travels to Notre Dame for the Joe Piane Invitational

10/3/2024 2:56:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Live Results

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne cross country teams will travel to the Joe Piane Invitational on Friday (Oct. 4).

Meet: Joe Piane Invitational
When: Friday, October 4 | noon (women 6K) | 12:45 p.m. (men 8K)
Where: Notre Dame, Ind.
Schools Entered: Adams State, Akron, Appalachian State, Belmont, Boise State, Bradley, Cal Baptist, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Dayton, Eastern Michigan, Grand Valley State, Idaho State, Indiana State, IU Indianapolis, Liberty, Maine, Miami (OH), Michigan State, Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Pepperdine, Purdue, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Saint Thomas (MN), Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Texas Tech, Valparaiso, Washington State, Western Illinois, Western Ontario (CA), Windsor (CA), Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State, Wyoming, Vanderbilt, Youngstown State
Live Results: Link

Men's Preview: Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a first place finish and complete sweep in the Mastodon Alumni Open home meet. Harrison Niswander broke the Mastodon Cross Country Course 8K record and took first place in the meet with a time of 24:59.7. Austin Hall was right behind Niswander with a time of 25:30.1, after breaking the program's 8K record at the Phoenix Open. Sam Dunnett (25:33.3) finished third in his first collegiate home meet. Brothers Nicholas Mills (25:37.3) and Nathan Mills (25:48.6) filled out the Mastodon top-five and placed fourth and fifth in the meet.

Men's Entries: Andrew Arnos, Sam Dunnett, Colin Gasson, Colten Gasson, Boden Genovese, Tyler Godwin, Austin Hall, Jackson Marshall, Kobe Milledge, Jack Mills, Nathan Mills, Nicholas Mills, Harrison Niswander, Marcus Ridge, Joshua Roper

Women's Preview: Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a home victory at the Mastodon Alumni Open. Riley Tate won the meet with a time of 22:10.2. Three Mastodons followed Tate across the finish line, Ava Genovese (22:25.4) being the first of those. Lydia Carrell (22:33.6) and Haylee Hile (22:48.1) placed third and fourth in the meet for the 'Dons. Faith Allen (22:58.1) earned sixth and filled out the Purdue Fort Wayne top-five.

Women's Entries: Faith Allen, Kynzlei Bassett, Lydia Carrell, Ava Genovese, Haylee Hile, Bella Hodges, Faith Norris, Mercedes Sarver, Haley Sponaugle, Riley Tate, Amanda Williams

Up Next: The Mastodons will run again at the Bradley Pink Classic on Oct. 18.

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