Moccasins Post Top-10 Finish at 18th Annual Lucian Rosa Invitational

KENOSHA, Wis. – The Florida Southern College men's cross country traveled to the site of the 2025 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships to compete in the 18^th Annual Lucian Rosa Invitational. The meet was hosted by the University of Wisconsin Parkside. The Mocs took seventh overall in the 24-team field, defeating a pair of teams ranked in the top-30 nationally despite being without top performer senior Christian Giller.
 
The Mocs finished with 231 points as a team to finish ahead of 17 teams including two ranked inside the top-30 teams nationally. The Mocs defeated 21^st-ranked Alabama Huntsville which placed two spots behind the Mocs in ninth. 28^th-ranked Illinois Springfield finished back in the pack in 15^th. The top two teams in the race were second-ranked Colorado School of Mines with 52 points and third-ranked Adams State with 59 points. Regional rival Lee placed third overall with 91 points.
 
Sophomore Eli Zuppa took over the top spot for the Mocs as he picked up a 35^th-place finish while completing the course in 25:31.41. The next two Mocs nearly finished back-to-back as senior Chris Colavita and junior Cole Summers were separated by just one spot as Colavita took 46^th followed by Summers in 38^th. Colavita completed the race in 25:47.92 while Summers clocked in at 25:49.14.
Junior Michael Toppi was the next Moccasin to cross the finish line as he placed 55^th overall with a time of 25:53.29. The final scoring runner for FSC was senior Anthony Matthew. Matthew took 76^th overall after stopping the clock at 26:16.12.
 
The final two FSC competitors were junior William Canales and sophomore Andrew Nyland. Canales finished just inside the top-100 as he placed 90^th with a mark of 26:27.40. Nyland crossed the finish in 26:50.20 to take 115^th overall.
 
The Moccasins will now turn their focus to the 26th Annual FLRunners.com Invitational which will take place in Lakeland on Friday, Oct. 3 at 8 a.m.
 
 
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE FINISHERS

35th	Eli Zuppa	25:31.41
46th	Chris Colavita	25:47.92
48th	Cole Summers	25:49.14
55th	Michael Toppi	25:53.29
76th	Anthony Matthew	26:16.12
90th	William Canales	26:27.40
115th	Andrew Nyland	26:50.20