Thomas Manson of the 2024-25 RPI Men's Cross Country team

Thomas Manson

  • Award
    Rookie
  • Week Of
    10/7/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Newcastle, Wash.
  • High School
    Liberty

RPI first-year Thomas Manson was the Liberty League’s top rookie finisher at the 2024 Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University. In the Gold 8-kilometer race, he was 222nd among 374 runners, clocking a time of 25:31.9 (5:09 per mile pace). Among all four collegiate races that Lehigh hosted on Saturday, he was 308th among 1,263 runners. As a team, the Engineers finished 18th of 44 teams in the Gold race and were second among the three Division III teams competing.