Bryant University Bulldogs WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY FINISHES 5TH, MEN 7TH AT FAIRFIELD INVITATIONAL

September 13, 2008

WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY FINISHES 5TH, MEN 7TH AT FAIRFIELD INVITATIONAL

FAIRFIELD, Conn.- Freshman Kat Ragone (Bourne, Mass.) led the way for the Bryant University women's cross-country team, finishing 36^th with a time of 21:14.45 as the Bulldogs finished fifth at the Fairfield Invitational in their first meet at the Division I level. Senior Tom Casey (New Windsor, N.Y.) was the high finisher for the men in 19^th place with a final time of 26:44. The women's team finished with a total of 163 points and a time of 1:48:39.20 in the 5k race, while the men had 161 points and a total time of 2:18:14.00, in the 8 kilometer race.

"I was very pleased with our first Division I outing of the year," said head coach Stephanie Reilly. "We were missing three of our top men but the entire team performed great and all ran personal best times for the 8K. The women also had a great race today, especially having a young team (six freshmen)."

Other notable finishers on the women's side included Megan Cordi (Endwell, N.Y.) in 41^st place with a time of 21:38.93, Casey Fenwick (Wayland, Mass.) in 43^rd place at 21:46.19, Kacey Mitchell (Lakewood, Colo.) in 49^th at 21:59.14, Amanda Garber (Brewster, N.Y.) in 51^st at 22:00.49, Jennifer Denise (East Patchogue, N.Y.) in 53^rd at 22:10.08 and Marissa Donovan (Belmont, N.H.) in 57^th at 22:23.35.

On the men's side, Justin Getts (Beacon Fall, Conn.) came in 38^th running a 27:35, Drew Clark (Hopkinton, Mass.) finished in 32rd at 27:44, John Mitton (North Reading, Mass.) in 46^th at 27:48, Scott Twardowski (Rehoboth, Mass.) in 56^th at 28:30, Ben Coughlin (Worcester, Mass.) in 57^th at 28:35, and Chris Kelleher (Ellington, Conn.) in 60^th at 28:40.

Both teams will compete again next Saturday at the Ted Owen Invitational at Central Connecticut State University.