Open New England Championship Meet
at Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

TOP 15 TEAM

PL  TEAM		SCORE
1   Brown		 69
2   Boston College	100
3   Providence		108
4   Keene State		130
5   Yale		134
6   Harvard		191
7   UConn		259
8   Williams		289
9   Boston University	333
10  BATES COLLEGE	346
11  MIT			356
12  Tufts		384
13  UMass		406
14  Rhode Island	414
15  Maine		430

BATES FINISHERS
      RUNNER		TIME
5     Mike Danahy	24:24
22    Matt Twiest	24:58
79    Brendan Hahesy	25:54
114   John McGrath	26:13
127   Chris Lupo  	26:21

BOSTON, Mass. -- Competing against one of the strongest fields they will see all season, the Bates College men's cross country team had an impressive performance at Open New England Championships, placing 10th overall and third among Division III teams, their best performance under fifth-year head coach Al Fereshetian.

Senior Mike Danahy (So. Windsor, Conn.) continued his impressive performance this season, finishing fifth with a time of 24:24. The finish was the second-best ever at the Open New England meet by a Bobcat harrier, behind John Fitzgerald '87. His time was the fastest by a Bobcat on the current layout of the Franklin Park course. Classmate Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.) also earned All-New England honors with a top-25 finish with a time of 24:58. Click here for complete results