Kenefick Wins Individual Title at CCSU Mini-Meet

Friday, October 20

New Britain, Conn.

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University of New Hampshire

Central Conn. Mini-Meet

Photo by: Greg Greene

10/20/2017 10:49:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Wildcats Place Sixth in 21-Team Event

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – University of New Hampshire senior Timothy Kenefick (Guilford, Conn.) was the individual champion to lead the Wildcats to a sixth-place finish at the Central Connecticut State University Mini-Meet that was held Friday afternoon at Stanley Quarter Park.

Kenefick completed the 5K course in 15 minutes, 2.7 seconds to finish nearly 11 seconds ahead of runner-up Austin Trainor of CCSU (15:13.3).

UNH placed sixth in the 21-team event with 128 points. The University of Massachusetts raced to victory with 57 points; CCSU (91 points), Providence College (100), Yale (105) and Stony Brook (109) completed the top five.

Junior Cody Symonds (Alton, N.H.) was the next Wildcat to cross the finish line in 25^th place overall with a time of 15:38.6. Classmate Dean Yost (Canton, Conn.), sophomore Alexander Saveliev (Concord, N.H.) and Davis Clark (Manchester, N.H.), another junior, finished within five seconds of one another.

Yost placed 30^th at 15:44.1, followed by Saveliev in 35^th with a clocking of 15:48.2 and Clark in 37^th in 15:49.1.

EVENT INFO
Date: Friday, Oct. 20, 2017
Location: Stanley Quarter Park (New Britain, Conn.)
Distance: Men's race, 5K

UNH RACE INFO

UNH's quartet of Symonds, Yost, Saveliev and Clark crossed the finish line in an 11-second span.
Senior Alex Karam (Scarborough, Maine) did not score for the 'Cats with his 44^th-place effort of 15:56.2
Junior Matthew Geraci (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) crossed the line with a time of 16:16.5 for 58^th place.

FROM THE COACH
"Tim Kenefick has had a bunch of great races this year," UNH coach Robert Hoppler said. "He's ran very impressively, ran the second half of the season very well. It's great to see Timmy's work pay off this season."