University of New Hampshire Athletics
Friday, September 13
Orono, Maine
University of New Hampshire
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Forest MacKenzie (Photo by Matthew Troisi)
Wildcats Defeat BlackBears with Perfect Score
9/13/2019 6:41:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
New Hampshire finished 1-5 in the annual dual meet.
ORONO, Maine – The University of New Hampshire men's and women's cross country teams defeated the University of Maine on Friday afternoon in the annual dual meet between the two programs.
Both men's and women's teams defeated the Black Bears with a perfect team score, claiming the top five scoring spots.
Freshman Forest MacKenzie (Deerfield, N.H.) led the way for New Hampshire with his first collegiate meet win. MacKenzie ran the 8.04K course with a time of 25:45. He finished 11 seconds ahead of the pack and next fastest finisher, junior Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) who finished second overall with a time of 25:56; his new time was a personal best by almost two full minutes as he ran a 27:20 at last year's dual meet.
In third was junior James Wilkes (Concord, N.H.), finishing the course in 25:58, beating his old personal best of 27:07 set in 2017, and was just a few seconds off from his 8.0K personal best of 25:52.
The final two scorers for UNH were senior Nicholas Brown (Conway, N.H.) in fourth and freshman Aidan O'Hern (Concord, N.H.) in fifth. Both finished with a final time of 26:11, which was Brown's best career time in the Maine dual meet and O'Hern's first recorded result in an 8K+ race.
The Wildcats tallied a perfect team score of 15 points, with their top five scorers finishing first through fifth. Maine posted a team score of 45.
MEET INFO:
Date: September 13, 2019 – 3 P.M.
Location: Orono, Maine
Distance: 8.04K
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats head to Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. for the 2019 Coast to Coast Invitational on Friday, September 20.
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Both men's and women's teams defeated the Black Bears with a perfect team score, claiming the top five scoring spots.
Freshman Forest MacKenzie (Deerfield, N.H.) led the way for New Hampshire with his first collegiate meet win. MacKenzie ran the 8.04K course with a time of 25:45. He finished 11 seconds ahead of the pack and next fastest finisher, junior Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) who finished second overall with a time of 25:56; his new time was a personal best by almost two full minutes as he ran a 27:20 at last year's dual meet.
In third was junior James Wilkes (Concord, N.H.), finishing the course in 25:58, beating his old personal best of 27:07 set in 2017, and was just a few seconds off from his 8.0K personal best of 25:52.
The final two scorers for UNH were senior Nicholas Brown (Conway, N.H.) in fourth and freshman Aidan O'Hern (Concord, N.H.) in fifth. Both finished with a final time of 26:11, which was Brown's best career time in the Maine dual meet and O'Hern's first recorded result in an 8K+ race.
The Wildcats tallied a perfect team score of 15 points, with their top five scorers finishing first through fifth. Maine posted a team score of 45.
MEET INFO:
Date: September 13, 2019 – 3 P.M.
Location: Orono, Maine
Distance: 8.04K
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats head to Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. for the 2019 Coast to Coast Invitational on Friday, September 20.
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