MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME CROSS COUNTRY

UMass Dartmouth Shriners Invitational

Saturday, September 20, 2014

North Dartmouth, Mass.

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. --  Both Massachusetts Maritime cross country teams recorded solid performances at the UMass Dartmouth Shriners Invitational on Saturday afternoon, as the Buccaneer men placed 20^th of 34 teams in the event while the Buccaneer women finished 34^th overall in the competition.

Sophomore Jake MacVarish (Braintree, Mass.) led the way on the men’s side for Massachusetts Maritime, as he covered the five mile layout in a time of 26:39.10 that was good for 58^th place in a field of 255 runners.  Freshman Robby Galvin (Woburn, Mass.) was next in 99^th place with a time of 27:28.31, while freshman Chris MacKay (Bethany, Conn.) and seniors Brenton Andrews (Hubbardston, Mass.) and Tyler Brady (Woburn, Mass.) rounded out the scoring for the Buccaneers with respective 127^th, 145^th and 161^st place finishing times of 28:03.53, 28:27.30 and 28:41.48.  Franklin Pierce took top honors in the event with a team score of 50 points, while WPI (100) and Brandeis (105) followed in the runner-up and third place spots. 

Sophomore Mara Footit (Wilbraham, Mass.) set the pace for Massachusetts Maritime on the women’s side, as she covered the 5K layout in a time of 20:28.64 to place 113^th out of 272 runners in the competition.  Junior Shavonne Boyle (Doylestown, Pa.) was next in 225^th place with a time of 23:22.09, while freshmen Lexy Halpin (Plymouth, Mass.), Kaylene Murphy (Randolph, Mass.) and sophomore Celeste Menard (Annandale, Va.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring with respective 255^th, 257^th and 266^th place finishes in times of 25:42.57, 25:59.03 and 27:02.18.  East Stroudsburg took the team title with a score of 93 points, while SUNY-New Paltz (113) and Connecticut College (143) posted runner-up and third place finishes.

Both Massachusetts Maritime squads head to Chicopee, Mass. next Saturday morning to compete at the Elms Blazer Invitational that begins at 11:30 a.m.