STANDISH, Maine – November 2, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer men's cross country team won the 2019 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship hosted by Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Saturday afternoon.

RESULTS

The Chargers collected 56 points to finish three points ahead of second place Norwich. Lyndsay Ostler was named GNAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year. GNAC Release > HERE
 
Senior Peter Bakker (Barkhamsted, Conn.) finished second out of 89 to lead the Chargers. He covered the 8k course in a time of 26:47. Senior Ben Jones (Enfield, N.H.) was the next finisher in third place at 27:11 and he was followed by senior Liam Fleming (Orford, N.H.) in fourth place at 27:13. For the second year in a row, Bakker, Jones and Fleming garnered All-GNAC First Team honors for finishing in the top-7.
Sophomore Spencer McClary (South Burlington, Vt.) came away with a time of 29:04 to place 16th.

Rounding out the Chargers' top five was sophomore Brendan Sullivan (Wellesley, Mass.) in 33rd with a time of 30:17.

Close behind Sullivan was first-year Tristan McNight (South Burlington, Vt.) in 35th. He posted a time of 30:24 in his GNAC Championship debut.

Liam Fleming represented Colby-Sawyer on the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team.

The Chargers will compete at the NCAA Regional Championship on November 16 at Bowdoin.

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