MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Seventh Annual Lt. Travis J. Fuller Invitational

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Buzzards Bay, Mass.

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Bridgewater State took top team honors at the Seventh Annual Massachusetts Maritime Lt. Travis J. Fuller Men’s Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning that was run alongside the Cape Cod Canal on the Academy’s campus.

The Bears placed the top four runners to notch a score of 19 points and outdistance both runner-up Emmanuel (81 points) and third place UMass Dartmouth (84 points) over the five mile layout, as David Phipps took top individual honors with a time of 26:46.   Mike Giberti (27:38) was the runner-up for Bridgewater State, while Dallas O’Brien (27:55), David Granato (28:08) and Jeff Sousa (28:53) placed third, fourth and ninth, respectively, for the winners. 

Framingham State freshman Joseph Schow (Southboro, Mass.) placed fifth with a time of 28:21, while Emmanuel freshman Christopher Connelly (Quincy, Mass.) followed in sixth with a time of 28:25.  UMass Dartmouth’s Ben Girard, New York Maritime’s Luke Milano, and Emerson senior Brandon Fox (Blackwood, N.J.) rounded out the top 10 by placing seventh (28:25), eighth (28:43) and 10^th (28:55), respectively.

Emerson was fourth in the final team competition with a score of 97 points, while New York Maritime (109 points), Massachusetts Maritime (137 points), Framingham State (166 points), Mount Ida (245 points) and Eastern Nazarene (262 points) rounded out the team scoring in the event.

Freshman Godfred Mbengam (Randolph, Mass.) posted the top individual finish for the host Buccaneers, as he placed 20^th with a time of 30:01.  Freshman William Brady (Woburn, Mass.) (30:14), sophomores Steven Migridichian (Shrewsbury, Mass.) (30:38) and Kevin Griffin (Stoneham, Mass.) (31:08) and freshman Sam Hill (Hopkinton, N.H.) (31:21) rounded out the scoring for Massachusetts Maritime by placing 23^rd, 26^th, 33^rd and 37^th, respectively.

Massachusetts Maritime returns to action next Saturday morning by heading to North Dartmouth, Mass. to participate in the UMass Dartmouth Buddy Harris Invitational that begins at 11:15 a.m.