Cross Country Opens Season at Roger Williams

Men's Results | Women's Results

BRISTOL, R.I. - The Mitchell College men's and women's cross country teams opened the 2009 season at the Roger Williams University Invitational on Saturday.

The men's team finished eighth out of eight teams and posted a team total of 208 points. The women's squad posted only individual results.  UMass Dartmouth (40 points) took home the team title on the men's side while Roger Williams (34 points) won the women's event.

Pacing the Mariners on the men's side was junior John Hoffman, who ran the 5k race in 17:47.89 and finished 24^th overall. Classmate Brittany Smyth had the best performance on the women's team, placing 64^th overall with a time of 25:18.99.

Mitchell will next race at the Daniel Webster College Eagle Invite on Friday, September 18 at 4:30 p.m.

Men's Results
John Hoffman (24^th, 17:47.89)
Eric Appleby (39^th, 18:39.58)
Vernon Wilson (72^nd, 21:23.03)
Mike Brennan (82^nd, 24:02.18)
Brian Ziminsky (83^rd, 24:22.87)
James Sutton (86^th, 29:01.18)

Women's Results
Brittany Smyth (64^th, 25:18.99)
Kailee Hyde (92^nd, 31:32.12)
Morgan Kauffman (98^th, 35:48.38)
Katherine Jeon (99^th, 41:02.31)