NEW LONDON, N.H. – August 31, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer men's cross country team finished second at Saturday's 2nd Annual Charger Invitational held at the Morris Trail.

RESULTS

Colby-Sawyer scored 54 points to finish in second behind the 36 points of Plymouth State. Saint Joseph's College of Maine was third with 66 points, while Norwich rounded out the scoring teams in fourth with 79 points. Northern Vermont University-Lyndon was also represented in the race. The meet also featured former Chargers in DJ Ayotte '16 and Stephen Bennett '18.

Senior Liam Fleming (Orford, N.H.) was the top finisher in a field of 60 runners. He crossed the finish line in 16:37.53 to beat the second place finisher by 14 seconds.

Senior Peter Bakker (Barkhamsted, Conn.) was the second Charger to finish. He placed fourth in 17:07.09. Senior Ben Jones (Enfield, N.H.) was close behind in eighth place with a time of 17:19.01.  

Sophomore Spencer McClary (South Burlington, Vt.) placed 29th in 18:47.04 and was followed by first-year Ian Turpel (Cohasset, Mass.) in 31st at 18:36.95. Sophomore Brendan Sullivan (Wellesley, Mass.) came away with 34th place in 18:42.79. 

First-year Tristan McNight (South Burlington, Vt.) was 48th in a time of 19:59.04, while Aaron Karr (Manchester, Conn.) finished 55th at 22:16.40.

The Chargers will return to the course on Sept. 21 at Bowdoin.  

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