Western New England Finishes 34th at UMass Dartmouth Invitational

Senior Ed Kaczenski again paces Golden Bears, finishing 183^rd in 30:09

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (September 16, 2017) – The Western New England University men's cross country team placed 34^th overall at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday morning. 

The Golden Bears posted a score of 969 en route to 34^th place in the 40-team field. NCAA Division I member UMass Lowell took the team title (82), while Brandeis (85), Salisbury (132), Connecticut College (155) and Adelphi (161) rounded out the top five.

Top Performers
• Senior Edwin Kaczenski (Northfield, Mass.) paced Western New England, finishing 183^rd in the 315-runner field with a time of 30:09 on the eight-kilometer course.
• Senior Adrian Barber (Castleton, N.Y.) was the second Golden Bear to cross the finish line, doing so in 31:02, good for 209^th overall.
•.Freshman Joe Africano (Alexandria, Va.) placed 228^th in 32:11.

Up Next
Western New England will be back in action next weekend at the Elms College Blazer Invitational at Chicopee Memorial State Park.