Virginia Union University's Mica Kapruto placed second while teammate Marcus Phifer placed fourth as the VUU Men's Cross-Country Team won the VSU Invitational on Friday, September 23.

VUU beat five other teams, including host Virginia State University, to take the crown.  Virginia Union, Virginia State, Bluefield State College, Shaw University, Chowan University and Washington Adventist University all competed in the meet.

"I am happy how the team is coming along," said VUU Head Cross-Country Coach Franck Charles.  We have more work to do but we will get it done!! Trust the process!"

Kapruto finished the eight-kilometer course with a time of 27:52.0 while Phifer ran the course with a time of 28:23.2.

The complete order of VUU finishers were:

Micah Kapruto:  27:52.0
Marcus Phifer:  28:23.2
Derrick Chesire:  29:22.8
Christopher Laws:  30:40.3
Ethan Mobley:  33:33.4
Khourtney Khalin Tremble, Jr.:  35:37.9

Virginia Union now travels to Cary, N.C., to compete in the HBCU Challenge on Saturday, October 1.