RECAP: Women’s Cross Country opens season with pack finish at Piper Challenge

By: Bill Morgal, sports information director Gallery: (9-4-2026) 2026 Women’s XC hosts Piper Challenge RESULTS SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women’s cross country team endured a warm, humid and muggy Friday night to post a runner-up finish at the 16th annual Galen Piper Cross Country Challenge, completing the season-opening 4K race under the lights at the campus recreation complex. SU’s Top 4 runners crossed the finish line consecutively in 20th through 23rd place; its Top 8 runners were all within 14 places of each other. The Raiders totaled 87 points in second place, enough for an 11-point gap from…