MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME CROSS COUNTRY

UMass Dartmouth Shriners Invitational

Saturday, September 15, 2012

North Dartmouth, Mass.

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. --  The Massachusetts Maritime men’s cross country team placed 33^rd overall, while the Buccaneer women’s squad recorded a 37^th place finish in the team standings at the UMass Dartmouth Shriners Invitational Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Tyler Brady (Woburn, Mass.) led the way on the men’s side for Massachusetts Maritime with a time of 28:02 over the 8K layout that was good for 156^th place individually, while freshman Anthony DeTommaso (Weymouth, Mass.) and sophomore Brenton Andrews (Hubbardston, Mass.) followed in 197^th and 226^th place, respectively, with times of 29:04 and 29:56.  Junior Steven Migridichian (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and senior Evan Balderelli (Brimfield, Mass.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring in 228^th and 239^th place with respective times of 29:59 and 30:37, as MIT took top team honors with a score of 63 points, while Springfield (104) and WPI (160) followed in the runner-up and third place spots.

On the women’s side, junior Liz Leonardi (Sandwich, Mass.) paced Massachusetts Maritime with a time of 21:52 over the 5K course that was good for 203^rd place individually, while senior Sophie Enman (Marblehead, Mass.) and freshman Siobhan O’Malley (Marshfield, Mass.) followed in 271^st and 272^nd place with times of 26:11 and 26:14.  Senior Corinne Prado (Raynham, Mass.) and junior Lauren Bateman (Newbury, Mass.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring with times of 28:11 and 29:18 that were good for 280^th and 286^th place, respectively, as MIT also took top team honors on the women’s side with a near-perfect score of 17 points.  Rowan (141) and Wellesley (192) followed in the second and third place spots in the final team standings as well.

Both Massachusetts Maritime squads head to Chicopee, Mass. next Saturday morning to participate in the Elms Blazer Invitational that begins at 10:30 a.m.