#13 Stonehill Captures Trinity Invitational
Fullerton leads three Skyhawks in top four, four in top seven
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MANCHESTER, Conn. (September 12, 2009) - The Stonehill College men's cross country team, ranked 13th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II poll, won the Trinity Invitational at Wickham Park today. The Skyhawks placed three runners in the top four and four in the top seven.
Stonehill posted a 33 team score as the Skyhawks took second, third fourth, seventh and 17th place from its scoring runners. The College of New Jersey placed second with 84 points in the nine team field that including NCAA Division I, II and III teams to compete. American International College rounded out the top three.
Junior Patrick Fullerton (Bradford, Mass/Haverhill) placed second overall, out of 86 runners, with a time of 16:00 over the 5K course to lead the Stonehill contingent. American International freshman Glarius Rop (Eldoret, Kenya) won the event with a time of 15:35.
Finishing ten seconds behind Fullerton in third place for the Skyhawks was junior co-captain Daniel Pilz (Newington, Conn./Newington) with a time of 16:10, while senior Joshua Andrews (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) took fourth in 16:15. Junior Ben Rumery (Dayton, Maine/Thornton Academy) turned in a top ten finish with a time of 16:26 for seventh overall.
Freshman Todd Sather (Melville, N.Y./St. Anthony's) rounded out Stonehill's scoring runners with a 17th place finish in 16:47.
Stonehill is back in action next Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational beginning at noon.
