Men's Cross Country traveled to South Carolina for the Upstate Invitational. Against a field of all Division One programs, St. Thomas impressed for a 7th-place finish out of 13 teams. 

Leading the Celts was sophomore runner Jhancarlos Carpio who clocked in at 21st place. With his time of 25:48 in the 8k, Carpio topped all DIII competitors and jumped many division one participants. Then in 31st place, James Urbina ran 26:06. Urbina kept a great pace at the event, with less than 2 seconds separating him from a top-30 finish. Rounding out the top three finishers for St. Thomas Micah Hampton came 63rd with a time of 27:13. The freshman was able to showcase his skills and contribute to the Celt's overall team score to put them near ahead of six division one programs. 

Up next, its conference time for the Celts as Men's Cross Country travels to Georgetown for the SCAC conference meet on October 29th.