RECAP: Men’s Cross Country opens season with second-place finish at home in Piper Challenge

By: Bill Morgal, sports information director Gallery: (9-4-2026) 2026 Men’s XC hosts Piper Challenge RESULTS SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University men’s cross country team was shorthanded in its season opener Friday night but managed a second-place finish at the 16th Annual Galen Piper Cross Country Challenge – completing a 6K circuit on a warm, humid and muggy evening at the campus recreation complex. Shippensburg’s squad has been battling illness throughout the week and toed the line Friday night with just six of its 13 active runners. Ben Hummel paced the Raiders with an eighth-place finish in 19:27.1. It was…