Aidan O’Hern Leads Wildcats at Friar Invitational

Friday, September 10

Attleboro, Mass.

3:45 PM

University of New Hampshire

Friar Invitational

Aidan O'Hern

9/10/2021 6:43:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

O’Hern places 10th.

RESULTS

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Aidan O'Hern (Concord, N.H.) led the Wildcats with a 10th place finish as the University of New Hampshire men's cross country team opened the season at the Friar Invitational on the 8K Mark Coogan XC Course at Highland Park. Providence (29 points) won the meet, while Stony Brook (34 points) was second, Boston College (77 points) was third and UNH was fourth (102 points).

"It was a deep competitive meet with ACC team Boston College, regionally ranked Providence and Stony Brook as conference runner-up," said UNH head coach Robert Hoppler. "I think our young team did a great job of competing very hard in strong competition. I am encouraged by their effort and commitment to the team and to their running. I am looking forward to lots of improvement as the year goes on."

O'Hern posted a personal-best time of 25:38.22, while Aidan Shea (Amherst, Mass.) made his collegiate debut with a time of 26:12.53 and a 17th place finish. Brayden Kearns (Concord, N.H.) was 25th in his debut with a time of 26:54.86, while Matthew Walker (Westerly, R.I.) placed 28th with a time of 27:13.15. Trevor DeMarco (Ridgefield, Conn.) recorded a 33rd place finish with a time of 27:54.77, Andrew LePage (Morrisonville, N.Y.) was 34th with a time of 28:05.35 and Kevin Finn (Kennebunk, Maine) made his debut with a time of 28:19.66 and a 36th place finish.

The Wildcats will return to action when they host the Pre-Conference Meet on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.