UNH Men’s Cross Country Takes Second Place in Vermont Invite

Saturday, August 31

St. Albans, Vt

12:45 PM

University of New Hampshire

Vermont Invite

UNH Men’s Cross Country Takes Second Place in Vermont Invite

8/31/2024 2:19:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Two Wildcats Place Top Five

St. Albans, VT. – Junior John Murphy (Deerfield, N.H..) led the Wildcats with a 2nd-place finish out of 55 as the University of New Hampshire men's cross country team competed in the Vermont Invite 8K race. The team finished in second place (48 points) in the Hard'Ack Recreation Area. Vermont (23 points) finished in first place, while UMass Lowell (75 points) was third and Maine (88 points) was fourth.

RESULTS

"We had a great season opener for women's cross country in Vermont today," Director of Cross Country Anna Magle-Haberek said. "It was great to get to run on the conference course so we are prepared for November. We were very excited to have Coach Alison here for her first competition. Some athlete highlights were juniors John Murphy finishing second along with Zach Hooper finishing 5th and Sam Hilts finishing 11th."

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats will return to action at the Friar Invitational in Attleboro, Mass., on Friday, Sept. 6.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Two Wildcats finished in the top five.
- Murphy finished in second place with a time of 25:35.2.
- Junior Zachary Hooper (Concord, N.H.) finished fifth at 25:46.2
Five more Wildcats placed in the top 25
- Junior Samuel Hilts (Concord, N.H.) finished 11th at 26:10.0.
- Freshman Porter Hurteau (Milton, Vt.) placed 13th at 26:13.3.
- Senior Kevin Finn (Kennebunk, Maine) finished 17th at 26:24.6.
- Junior Joshua Lesniak (Durham, Conn.) placed 24th at 26:42.5.
- Sophomore Matthew Allen (East Kingston N.H.) placed 25th at 26:43.0

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