SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Southern Vermont College men's cross country team continued to get ready for the upcoming New England Collegiate Conference Championship at Saturday's Golden Bear Invitational hosted by Western New England University, the Mountaineers facing off against a number of excellent runners and strong squads in their second-to-last regular season meet.
The WNE course was a well-maintained mix of grass fields and forest trails, some of the latter being so narrow that it forced the bunching to get trimmed down to a single-file line in the woods. Weather conditions were nearly perfect for the race as cool temperatures, sunshine and low humidity provided runners-- and spectators, alike-- a great day of competition.
The Mountaineers placed ninth overall out of the 21 teams that registered squad scores while SUNY Delhi won the meet with 34 total points.
Southern Vermont is back at it next Saturday, October 22 with its final regular season race, Williams College's Plansky Invitational at Mount Greylock Regional High School being set to begin at 12 p.m.
FULL RESULTS: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/16/ma/Oct15_Wester_set3.shtml
SVC sophomore Stephen McCall (Brockton, Mass.) crossed the line first for the Mountaineers with a 28:04 showing, that being just 35 seconds behind his personal best to take 23th overall. Junior captain Marc Brandmeyer (Bennington, Vt.) was next for the team at 28:42, and freshman Davante Smith (Ellenville, N.Y.) followed shortly after to be third for the team with a 28:57.
Senior captain Corey Barcomb (Burlington, Vt.) placed fourth for Southern Vermont with a 29:02, that mark being nine seconds ahead of his time from last year's Golden Bear. He was followed by freshman Bailey Hamilton (Londonderry, N.H.) who chalked up a 29:39 to be just 33 seconds behind his personal best. Bennington College sophomore Alexander Ging (Simsbury, Conn.) came through with a time of 31:23, and senior Aden Fischer (Arlington, Vt.) was next for the Mountaineers at 33:46.
Southern Vermont
23rd - Stephen McCall: 28:04
37th - Marc Brandmeyer: 28:42
49th - Davante Smith: 28:57
53rd - Corey Barcomb: 29:02
68th - Bailey Hamilton: 29:39
108th - Alexander Ging: 31:23
139th - Aden Fischer: 33:46
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