WESTFIELD, Mass – Men's and women's cross country took part in the James Early Invitational this weekend at Westfield State University. Large fields led to a 23^rd place finish for the women and a 26^th place finish for the men. Both races consisted of 28 teams.

Sophomore Lily Hakkarainen (Chesterfield, N.H.) led the Bucs with a 114^th place finish, earning 103 points, with a final time of 21:32.39. She averaged 6:56.0 per mile. Sarah Smialek (Dartmouth, Mass) finished 161^st, second for the Bucs, with a final time of 23:19.49. Freshman Alyssa Greico (Andover, Mass) was the third place finisher in 177th for Maritime with a time of 24:30.92. Freshman Sue Bird (Duxbury, Mass) finished three spots behind Greico in 181^st with a final time of 24:57.46. Senior Erica Parziale (Hudson, N.H.) rounded out the scoring places for the Bucs, finishing 208^th at 27:34.89. The Buccaneer placed runners finished with a total time of 2:01:55. 15 in 23^rd place finishing ahead of Nichols, Curry, St. Joseph's (Conn), Western Connecticut and Hudson Valley Community College.

On the men's side, The Buccaneers finished in 26^th place, ahead of Elms and Northern Essex Community College. Junior Kyle Hansen (North Chelmsford, Mass) finished 116^th overall, first for Maritime with a time of 29:36.13 on the 8k meter course. Finishing 154^th, 156^th and 158^th were sophomore Alex Imperillo (Chelmsford, Mass) with a time of 31:06.76, freshman Michael Fappiano-Puttre (New Ipswich, Mass) at 31:11.90 and senior captain Steven Savoy (West Bridgewater, Mass) with a final time of 31:20.14. Rounding out the scoring places for the Bucs in 163^rd was freshman Ben Tuttle (Barre, Mass) finishing in 31:40.78.

The Buccaneers are at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass next weekend for a race hosted by Suffolk University.