MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME CROSS COUNTRY

Westfield State James Earley Invitational

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Stanley Park, Westfield, Mass.

WESTFIELD, Mass. --  Both Massachusetts Maritime cross country teams recorded solid performances on the course where both the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships and NCAA New England Regionals will be held later this fall, as the Buccaneer men finished 26^th of 40 squads and the Buccaneer women placed 36^th of 43 teams competing at the Westfield State James Earley Invitational Saturday afternoon at Stanley Park.

Sophomore Tyler Brady (Woburn, Mass.) led the way for a fifth straight week on the men’s side for Massachusetts Maritime, as he finished 102^nd individually in a field of 430 competitors with a time of 28:35.90 over the 8K course.  Freshman Anthony DeTommaso (Weymouth, Mass.) was next in 187^th place with a time of 29:58.32, while the tandem of sophomore Brenton Andrews (Hubbardston, Mass.) and junior Steven Migridichian (Shrewsbury, Mass.) placed 232^nd and 233^rd, respectively, with times of 30:36.56 and 30:37.43.  Senior Evan Balderelli (Brimfield, Mass.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring in 258^th place with a time of 31:08.68, as Middlebury took top honors in the event with a score of 23 points, while Amherst (111) and Connecticut College (140) were in the respective runner-up and third place spots.

On the women’s side, sophomore Kelci Sullivan (Hanson, Mass.) set the pace for Massachusetts Maritime with a career-best finish of 191^st place among 453 entrants in the event, as she covered the 6K layout in a time of 26:29.60.  Junior Liz Leonardi (Sandwich, Mass.) was next in 294^th place with a time of 28:42.18, while junior Jenelle Piche (Coventry, R.I.) recorded a 308^th place finish with a time of 28:59.89.  Senior Corinne Prado (Raynham, Mass.) and freshman Siobhan O’Malley (Marshfield, Mass.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring with respective times of 31:49.63 and 32:25.83 to finish 379^th and 391^st place.  Middlebury also took top team honors in the women’s competition with a score of 28 points, while Amherst (64) and Wellesley (158) followed in the runner-up and third place positions.

The Massachusetts Maritime men’s squad travels to Springfield, Mass. next Saturday morning to compete at the Western New England Golden Bear Invitational that begins at 11:00 a.m., while the Buccaneer women’s squad will be idle until Saturday, October 27^th when Massachusetts Maritime returns to Stanley Park to compete in the 2012 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference/New England Alliance Championships to be hosted by Westfield State beginning at Noon.