Charlotte, NC –Fayetteville State cross country traveled to Charlotte, NC to compete in Queens University's Royal XC Challenge at the McAlpine Park. The Bronco women finished third overall in the 5-kilometer behind Ave Maria and West Georgia. The men topped at 11^th place in the 8K race.
 
Fayetteville State accumulated 167 points on the Blue course with five of seven runners scoring. Freshman Repline Cheptoo led the effort with a time of 19:57.8 and ten points. Her average mile was 6:25.5. Mercy Chemutai finished with 28 points after running 21:00.6 with a 6:45.7 average. Brenda Cheboi was on Mercy's heels, just three seconds behind at 21:03.4. Nia Gibson scored 39 points with a 21:22.7 race. Aaliyah Saunders rounded out the scoring with 61 points with a course time of 22:20.2.
 
The Broncos, who had a combined 5K time of 1:45:44 finished ahead of CIAA opponents: Winston-Salem State (12^th – 1:57:46), St. Augustine's (13^th – 1:59:11), Shaw (16^th – 2:01:15), Johnson C. Smith (21^st – 2:03:04, Livingstone (23^rd – 2:07:56), and Claflin (24^th – 2:11:06). A total of 25 schools participated in the race which made for 199 runners.
 
The FSU men's program, although 11^th overall, finished with an average time of 28:30 (2:22:30 total time) and before six other conference teams. Twenty-seven programs were in the men's 8K race.
 
Hilary Toroitich finished second in the Blue Race with a field of 223 competitors to account for two of the Broncos' points. Derrick Kipchumba scored 17 points with his 18^th place finish in a time of 26:59.2. Brian Kiptanui ran a time of 28:21 for 47 points.
 
Fayetteville State will compete in the Livingstone Invitational on October 18 before heading to the CIAA Championships on October 27^th.