MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Tennessee State men's and women's cross-country teams traveled to Georgia for their first of two straight out-of-state meets as they competed in the Berry Invitational hosted by Berry College.
 
Running against tough DIII, DII, NAIA, and Juco programs, the TSU men finished in 9^th of 12, while the women earned an 8^th place finish in the 14-team field. Robert Hooper earned a top-20 finish for the men as he came in 17^th place in the 8K event, while Natalya Bryant landed inside the top-25 on the women's side in the 6K race, coming in 24^th.
 
MEN | 8K
 
17^th Robert Hooper | 26:43
84^th Chazz Brown | 32:15
87^th Fredd George III | 32:46
88^th Sunny Quinn | 33:10
107^th Nigel Simon | 42:27
 
WOMEN | 6K
 
24^th Natalya Bryant | 26:01
43^rd Ajmone Myers | 27:41
51^st Serenity Harry | 29:11
60^th Quinn Hudson | 30:49
65^th Giah Thomas | 31:28
71^st Alyssa McFarland | 32:10
85^th Saniiyah Burchfield | 37:40
 
Both programs will be back in action next Friday as they will compete in the Cedric Walker HBCU XC Invite in Cary, North Carolina.