Posted: Oct 10, 2009

Fograshy Records 58th Place Individual Finish As Women's Cross Country Notches 18th Place Team Standing At Westfield State James Early Invitational

MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME CROSS COUNTRY

Westfield State James Early Invitational

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Stanley Park, Westfield, Mass.

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Maritime men's cross country team posted a strong ninth place finish of 23 teams competing at the 14^th Annual Westfield State James Early Invitational Saturday afternoon at Stanley Park.

Junior Patrick Dannaher (Arlington, Va.) once again led the Buccaneers individually, as he placed 35^th overall with a time of 27:46.61 over the 8K layout. Fellow junior Paul Matz (Plainville, Mass.) followed in 48^th place with a time of 28:15.52, while freshmen Chad McCarthy (Sutton, Mass.) and Daniel McCloskey (Wakefield, R.I.) were next in 67^th and 70^th places, respectively, with times of 29:00.34 and 29:08.77. Junior Brian Maniglia (Pennsville, N.J.) rounded out the scoring for Massachusetts Maritime by placing 84^th overall with a time of 29:25.68, as the Buccaneers were the third MASCAC team to cross the finish line of five conference squads competing in the event. UMass Dartmouth captured the team title, with Trinity and host Westfield State coming in second and third in the team competition, respectively.

On the women's side, senior Lauren Fograshy's (Monson, Mass.) 58^th place individual finish lifted Massachusetts Maritime to 18^th place among 25 entrants in the team competition, as she posted a time of 21:48.05 over the 5K layout. Fellow senior Emily Rizzo (Milwaukee, Wis.) was next in 117^th place with a time of 23:23.52, while senior Kaitlin O'Donnell (Damascus, Md.) followed in 122^nd place with a time of 23:31.77. Freshman Sophie Enman (Marblehead, Mass.) and junior Kathleen Micheli (North Attleboro, Mass.) rounded out the Buccaneer scoring by placing 197^th and 222^nd, respectively, with times of 25:55.31 and 27:37.94. Southern Maine took top team honors on the women's side, with host Westfield State and Trinity finishing in the runner-up and third place positions, respectively.

Both Massachusetts Maritime squads return to Westfield, Mass. in two weeks to compete in the 2009 Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Championships at Stanley Park that begin at 10:00 a.m.