CARY, N.C. – The Norfolk State men's cross country team dominated the field on Saturday morning at the Great American Festival HBCU Challenge in Cary, N.C., taking the top four individual places and the team title on the 8K WakeMed Soccer Park Course.

NSU finished the meet with 19 points.

A quartet of Spartan juniors rounded out the top four individual finishes.  Nathnael Meseret finished in first-place running a time of 25:26.00.  Damtew Adnew was second in 25:29.60, Vincent Rono finished third in 25:35.80, and Kipchirchir Kiptoo placed fourth crossing the line in 25:46.80.

Three freshmen rounded out the next top finishes for NSU as Desmond Fogg came in at 27:07.40 finishing 9th overall, Joshua Carino placed 17th with a time of 28:03.40, and #Jerome Scurry, Jr.# placed 30th with a time of 29:15.60.

Senior Aaron Dudley finished 44th in 30:42.00.59 and freshman Devon Booker placed 59th with a time of 32.20.00, respectively.

The Spartans will return to action on October 13 when they compete at the NCAA Pre-National Meet in Louisville, Ky.