DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire men's cross country team placed fourth out of seven teams at the Pre-Conference Meet on the 8K course at College Woods on Saturday. Sophomore Jeffrey Allen (Litchfield, N.H.) led the Wildcats with a 15th-place finish in his UNH debut.
The meet featured several America East opponents as the teams prepare to compete at the America East Championships at College Woods on Friday, Oct. 29.
"This is a super fun team and finished right in the middle of the meet," said Robert Hoppler, UNH Director of Men's and Women's Track & Field and Cross Country. "We are looking forward to racing the whole team together to see how good we can become. The highlights on the men's side hadn't raced in a while, Jeffrey Allen and William Curran performed well and we are really happy to have both of the athletes racing for UNH now."
TEAM RESULTS:
Binghamton: 28 points-1-4-6-7-10 (13) (17)
Vermont: 56 points-3-11-12-14-16 (20) (34)
Maine: 61 points-2-5-9-22-23 (30) (33)
New Hampshire: 114 points-15-19-21-24-35 (36) (38)
Hartford: 142 points-26-27-28-29-32 (39) (44)
NJIT: 162 points-18-25-31-43-45 (47) (48)
UAlbany: 168 points-8-37-40-41-42 (46) HOW IT HAPPENED: Jeffrey Allen sprinting to the finish line (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
Allen recorded a 15th-place finish with a time of 26:23.19 as he sprinted just in front of Matt Hynes of Vermont. Junior William Curran (Old Saybrook, Conn.) was the second runner for the Wildcats to finish as he was 19th with a time of 26:30.65.
Senior Andrew LePage (Morrisonville, N.Y.) tallied a time of 26:33.15 to finish 21st.
Sophomore Trevor DeMarco (Ridgefield, Conn.) ran 26:37.67 for 24th, while junior Kenney McElroy (West Linn, Ore.) was 38th at 27:06.96.
Binghamton's Dan Schaffer won the meet with a time of 24:36.10.
William Curran (Photo by Andrew Yourell)
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats will return to action at the Boston College Coast-To-Coast Meet at Franklin Park on Friday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m.
