MEDFORD, Mass. – The Tufts University Men's Cross Country team finished second overall at their season opening meet, the Bates Invitational in New Gloucester, Maine.
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| Dylan Jones finshed 11th overall and was Tufts' top finisher today. |
The Jumbos placed five runners in the top 20 and finished with an overall team score of 197. Bates came in first with a score of 127, WPI claimed third with a 240, and Southern Maine came in fourth with a team score of 298. The meet was scored for the top ten runners on each team.
According to the team, Tufts treated today's race as a workout as they went in with a plan to tempo the race and will begin racing all out next week.
Tufts junior Dylan Jones was the Jumbos' top finisher as he placed 11th overall with a time of 27:04.5 on the 8-kilometer course. Junior Colin Raposo (27:11.1) and senior Sam Little (27:14.7) were Tufts' second and third finishers placing 13th and 14th respectively. Sophomore Michael Carnavos (27:28.4) and junior Brian Reaney (27:30.3) rounded out Tufts' top five as they finished 19th and 20th overall.
Sophomore Matt D'Anieri (27:31.6) finished 22nd overall, junior Andrew Doherty Munro (27:32.1) finished 23rd, freshman Patrick Nero (27:34.7) finished 24th, freshman Peter Horvath (27:35.3) finished 25th, and junior Christian Swenson (27:37.4) finished 26th.
Junior Hiroto Watanabe (27:38.3), senior Tom DePalma (27:49.9), junior Tom Doyle (28:00.4), freshman Harry Steinberg (28:15.9), freshman Dalton Tanner (28:24.2), junior Kyle Anderson (28:34.2), senior John Greenberg (28:40.8), junior James Gregoire (28:49.8), freshman Nic Gitter (28:50.5), junior Rory Buckman (28:56.5), and freshman Joe Berrafati (29:10.0) all competed for the Jumbos.
Tufts is in action next when they travel to the Purple Valley Classic next Saturday the 23rd at Mt. Greylock High School.
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Written by Curtis Stoychoff, Athletic Communications Intern
