HOPKINTON, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's and women's cross country teams both placed 15th in a Division I-heavy field during the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championship on Friday afternoon at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds.
 
TEAM RESULTS

• The Purple Knight men were ninth in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) East Region poll.
• In a 20-team men's field that featured 13 schools, Saint Michael's claimed 15th place with 435 points, narrowly finishing behind 14th-place Colby College (430), which was 22nd in the latest USTFCCCA Division III national rankings. The Purple and Gold eclipsed 17th-place Assumption University (486), which was seventh in the latest regional rankings, and Division I University of New Haven (564). Nine of the men's squads were ranked in Division I, II and III regional polls, while three carried national rankings. Champion Providence College (85) was fifth in the latest USTFCCCA Division I Northeast Region poll.
• On the women's side, Saint Michael's claimed 15th out of 22 schools with 463 points, only 17 points short of Division I New Haven in 14th place. The Purple Knights bested such teams as 16th-place Colby (466), which was ranked sixth in the Division III Northeast Region, and 17th-place Assumption (513), the sixth-ranked USTFCCCA Division II East Region squad. Winner Boston College (47) is ranked 26th nationally second in the Northeast at Division I. The women's event featured 22 teams, nine with regional rankings and four nationally ranked. Fifteen Division I institutions competed.

MEN'S LEADERS

• Senior Andrew Scanio (Lake Placid, N.Y./Lake Placid)
  • 52nd of 207 finishers in 8K, 26:10.7
  • 0.3 seconds shy of a top-50 finish
• Senior Adam Bilodeau (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston)
  • 125th, 27:21.2
• Senior Kyle LeVangie (Medfield, Mass./Medfield)
  • 128th, 27:25.2 (PR)
• Junior Cooper Brennan (Wilton, N.Y./South Glens Falls)
  • 139th, 27:39.0
• Sophomore Josh Pelletier (North Andover, Mass./North Andover)
  • 145th, 27:41.6
• First-year Grady Guth (Sigonella, Sicily, Italy/Sigonella)
  • 155th, 27:56.8 (PR)
• First-year Camden Martin (Attleboro, Mass./Attleboro)
  • 170th, 28:21.6 (PR)

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• Junior Jersey Miller (Minneapolis, Minn./Saint Louis Park)
  • 87th of 208 finishers in 5K, 19:30.1
• Senior Kennedy Holsapple (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme)
  • 115th, 20:11.8
• First-year Kai McKinnon (Lake Placid, N.Y./Stratton Mountain School)
  • 129th, 20:27.7 (PR)
• First-year Maeve Chambers (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy)
  • 149th, 20:51.5 (PR)
• Senior Rylee Burnham (Hartland, Vt./Hartford)
  • 169th, 21:26.0
• Junior Jordan Munro (Holliston, Mass./Holliston)
  • 170th, 21:32.6 (PR)
• Senior Kayley Bell (Caribou, Maine/Caribou)
  • 190th, 22:43.9

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MEET

• Oct. 22 at Southern New Hampshire University's Penmen Mini Meet at Hopkinton (N.H.) State Fairgrounds.
• The women race at 4:30 p.m. and the men follow at 5 p.m.