The Shippensburg University men's cross country team came out on top in its final tune-up of the regular season, winning Gettysburg's Aubrey Shenk Invitational on a cool Saturday morning in which seven of its nine runners established new 8K collegiate bests.  
 
The Raiders posted a team score of 70 points to triumph over 43 other schools in the largest edition of the race in its history. SU edged Johns Hopkins, currently ranked No. 3 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III national poll, by a 14-point margin.
 
St. Bonaventure (98 points), Atlantic Region rival Davis & Elkins (144 points) and the Georgetown Running Club (151 points) rounded out the Top 5.

Leading the way for Shippensburg was Tommy Crum Jr., who delivered his best race of the season and crossed the finish line as the race champion. His victorious 8K time of 24:18.6 is less than four seconds off his personal best set last season, and it is 38 seconds faster than his run two weeks ago at the heat-riddled Paul Short Run.
 
Crum Jr. was the fastest in a field of 471 overall competitors that spanned all three NCAA divisions, running clubs and unattached runners.
 
Saturday morning's race featured much-improved weather conditions compared to two weeks ago, with temperatures in the high 50s but also a steady wind.
 
Julian Clark, Seth Reichenbach and Ben Hummel embraced the pack mentality, finishing consecutively in 13th through 15th place to drastically benefit the Raider team score. Clark ran 25:10.5; Reichenbach crossed the line in 25:11, and Hummel was timed at 25:13.3.
 
All three men achieved new 8K collegiate bests by a wide margin. Clark and Reichenbach, first-year runners who were competing in just their third 8K race, established new benchmarks by 54 seconds and 96 seconds respectively. Hummel, running his fifth 8K in college, upped his collegiate best by 65 seconds.
 
Ryan Gourley rounded out the Raider scorers with a strong showing of his own, placing 27th in 25:28.2. Himself a first-year runner, Gourley's third collegiate 8K was a new best by 77 seconds.  
 
Jackson Gutekunst and Brennan Wellock were the most experienced of the Raider runners to compete Saturday – each toeing the line for their 11th collegiate 8K. Gutekunst finished 30th in 25:30 to make it back-to-back races with PRs – crushing his previous best by a whopping 65 seconds. Wellock's 34th-plce time of 25:36 is a new PR by 23 seconds.
 
Ramon Urena narrowly eeked out a new 8K best on the day by completing his run in 25:49.6. Davey Johnson rounded out the Raiders in competition.
 
Saturday marked Shippensburg's first time competing at Gettysburg since the 2018 season.
 
It was the final meet of the regular season for Shippensburg, which now shifts its focus to the conference meet. The 2026 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 at Bloomsburg.
 
Shippensburg (1st, 70 points)
1. Tommy Crum Jr. 24:18.6 (8th collegiate XC 8K; PR remains 24:14.9 [10/3/25 at Paul Short])
13. Julian Clark 25:10.5 (3rd collegiate XC 8K; PR by 54 seconds)
14. Seth Reichenbach 25:11.0 (3rd collegiate XC 8K; PR by 94 seconds)
15. Ben Hummel 25:13.3 (5th collegiate XC 8K; PR by 65 seconds)
27. Ryan Gourley 25:28.2 (3rd collegiate XC 8K; PR by 77 seconds)
30. Jackson Gutekunst 25:30.0 (11th collegiate XC 8K; PR by 65 seconds)
34. Brennan Wellock 25:36.3 (11th collegiate XC 8K; PR by 23 seconds)
42. Ramon Urena 25:49.6 (7th collegiate XC 8K; PR by 1.3 seconds)
163. Davey Johnson 27:14.4 (5th collegiate XC 8K; PR remains 26:48.4 [9/12/26 at Big Spring])