MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME CROSS COUNTRY

Elms Blazer Invitational

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Chicopee Memorial State Park, Chicopee, Mass.

CHICOPEE, Mass. --  Sophomore Robby Galvin’s (Woburn, Mass.) 10^th place individual finish set the pace for the Massachusetts Maritime men’s cross country team on Saturday afternoon, as the Buccaneers finished tied for second among 10 teams competing at the Elms Blazer Invitational at Chicopee Memorial State Park.  Junior Mara Footit (Wilbraham, Mass.) led the way for the Buccaneer women’s squad in competition, as she also finished 10^th individually in lead Massachusetts Maritime to a ninth place performance in the final team standings.

Galvin covered the 8K layout in a time of 29:00 even in a field of 62 runners on the men’s side for Massachusetts Maritime, while junior Jake MacVarish (Braintree, Mass.) followed in 11^th place with a time of 29:12.  Sophomores Ryan McNeal (Canton, Ga.) and Chris MacKay (Bethany, Conn.) followed in 17^th and 18^th place with respective times of 30:21 and 30:22, while freshman Nathaniel Decker (Bellbrook, Ohio) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring in 21^st place with a time of 30:58.  Trinity placed all of its scorers in the top seven to win the event with 19 points, with Massachusetts Maritime and Johnson & Wales each posting 67 points in the competition.

Footit covered the 6K layout in a time of 25:55.5 in a field of 81 competitors on the women’s side for the Buccaneers, while freshman Myat Smith (Sanford, Fla.) was next in 58^th place with a time of 32:45.5.  Sophomore Kaylene Murphy (Plymouth, Mass.) and senior Amanda Subenko (Braintree, Mass.) followed in 66^th and 72^nd place with respective times of 34:33 and 38:12.5, while freshman Jaleni Rodriguez (Brandon, Fla.) rounded out Massachusetts Maritime’s scoring with a 75^th place finishing time of 38:53.7.  Trinity also took top team honors in the women’s competition with a score of 21 points, as the Bantams bested runner-up Lesley (97) and third-place Saint Joseph (Conn.).

The Massachusetts Maritime women’s team will head to Lincoln, R.I. next Saturday afternoon to compete at the CCRI Tri-State Invitational beginning at Noon, while the Buccaneer men’s squad will be idle until competing at the Westfield State James Earley Invitational on Saturday, October 10^th in Westfield, Mass. that begins at 11:00 a.m.