DARTMOUTH, MA. – The Merrimack Men's cross country team competed at the UMASS Dartmouth Invitational where they placed 10^th overall in a field of over 40 teams. The Men's junior varsity team also had a strong showing by earning a top three finish.

How it Happened
Senior Ryan Dyer led the way for the Warriors, navigating the 8k course in 26:05.44 to secure a 56^th place finish in a field of over 340 runners. Billy Coakley was next to cross the line finishing with a time of 26:18.85 good for 72^nd place. Rounding out the Warriors top three was freshman Sean Moore who finished the course in 26:28.35 to take 80^th place.
Also scoring points for Merrimack was freshman Reidar Aageson who placed 80^th with his time of 26:31.64. Not far behind was senior Jack Lombardi, who finished the course in 26:48.45, good for 101 place finish. Junior Michael Alleva's 8k time of 27:15.58 earned a 130^th place finish. Rounding out the Warriors top 7 varsity squad was senior Luke Llewellyn who crossed the line 27:18.82 to take 138^th place.

This meet was against forty-four other teams featuring top division I contenders such as Boston University, UMASS Lowell, Brown, Rhode Island, Holy Cross, and Northeastern.


Coaching Spotlight
"Some of the men ran good individual races but as a team we were disappointed in our team place. We didn't get out hard enough the first mile and our team place suffered as a result. Our next race is the Paul Short Invitational and it will be extremely competitive. We'll need to make going out harder the first mile a real point of emphasis at that race."


The Basics
Team Results: 10/44
Top Finisher: Ryan Dyer
Location: Dartmouth, MA.  | UMASS Dartmouth University Campus

Up Next:

The Warriors will travel to Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on October 5^th.

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