HOPKINTON, N.H. - Saint Michael's College cross country seniors Kennedy Holsapple (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) and Andrew Scanio (Lake Placid, N.Y./Lake Placid) both cracked the top 10 on Thursday during Southern New Hampshire University's Penmen Mini Meet at the Hopkinton State Fairgrounds. The Purple Knights' men's and women's teams both captured third place in an eight-school field.
 
TEAM RESULTS

• The Purple Knight men were seventh and the women eighth in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) East Region poll.
• The Purple and Gold men totaled 65 points to place third among eight schools and come within 14 of runner-up Franklin Pierce University, the fifth-ranked team in the region. Bentley University, the East's top team, won with 36 points. Saint Michael's outdistanced fourth-place Assumption University (91) and fifth-place Southern New Hampshire (122), which were eighth and 10th in the latest regional rankings, respectively.
• On the women's side, the Purple Knights scored 80 points in an eight-school field to clip Assumption by three points. The Greyhounds stand 10th in the East. Saint Michael's finished behind only Saint Anselm College (45) and Bentley (68), which are seventh and fourth in the region, respectively.

MEN'S LEADERS

• Scanio
  • 6th of 78 finishers in 5K, 15:57.2
  • 5th career top-10 finish
• Senior Adam Bilodeau (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston)
  • 13th, 16:26.2
• Junior Cooper Brennan (Wilton, N.Y./South Glens Falls)
  • 15th, 16:37.4
• Senior Kyle LeVangie (Medfield, Mass./Medfield)
  • 16th, 16:40.1
• Sophomore Josh Pelletier (North Andover, Mass./North Andover)
  • 20th, 16:46.1
• Sophomore Thomas Fogarty (Peabody, Mass./Essex Tech)
  • 27th, 16:57.1
• Sophomore Pierce Coughlin (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee)
  • 29th, 17:00.4

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• Holsapple
  • 8th of 68 finishers in 3K, 11:46.2
  • 5th career top-10 finish
• First-year Kai McKinnon (Lake Placid, N.Y./Stratton Mountain School)
  • 11th, 11:56.7
• First-year Maeve Chambers (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy)
  • 17th, 12:08.4
• Senior Rylee Burnham (Hartland, Vt./Hartford)
  • 21st, 12:13.1
• Junior Jordan Munro (Holliston, Mass./Holliston)
  • 26th, 12:23.7
• Senior Meredith Reilly (Ashland, Mass./Ashland)
  • 32nd, 12:36.9
• Senior Kayley Bell (Caribou, Maine/Caribou)
  • 39th, 13:03.5

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MEET

• Nov. 7 at Northeast 10 Conference Championship at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y.
• The men race at 11 a.m. and the women follow at 12:15 p.m.