Men's Cross Country Place Sixth Overall At 2025 Golden Bear Invite

Guevara Mateo leads the way for the Falcons, placing first overall with a time of 25:17.56

Springfield, MA – The Fitchburg State University men's cross-country team sixth overall at the 2025 Western New England Golden Bear Invitational with a total of 214 points this morning, hosted by Western New England University.

The Basics

Meet: Western New England Golden Bear Invite
Place: Sixth Place, 214 Points
Location: Western New England University

How It Happened

Freshman Paulino Guevara Mateo (Cambridge, MA) paced the Green and Gold taking top honors with a time of 25:17.56 over the 8K course, while junior Samuel Edwards (Townsend, MA) followed 28th place with a time of 27:19.85.

Junior Joshua Lancaster (Holden, MA) was next for the Green and Gold, finishing in 57th place with a time of 2:57.50, while senior Brady Madigan (Ayer, MA) entered chute in 109th place with a time of 31:10.58

Rounding out the top finishers for the Green and Gold were junior Lemuel Del Valle (Lawrence, MA) (112th), senior Omar Elmi (Worcester, MA) (124th) and senior Alvaro Castillo-Clottier Jr (Palmer, MA) (159th) with times of 31:21.31, 3;49.05 and 34:10.09 respectively.

Inside the Numbers

• Paulino Guevara Mateo of Fitchburg State won the 2025 Western New England Golden Bear Invite with a time of 25:17.56
• RPI won the 2025 Western New England Golden Bear Invite with a total of 21 points.
• Fitchburg State placed sixth overall at the 2025 Western New England Golden Bear Invitational with a total of 214 points

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Saturday, November 1st as they compete at the 2025 MASCAC Championships, hosted by Westfield State, starting at 10:00AM.

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