CHAMENKO, MCCAFFREY LEAD SAINTS AT CODFISH BOWL

BOSTON, Mass. - Freshman Margaret McCaffrey (East Greenwich, R.I.) and junior Ian Chamenko (Beacon Falls, Conn.) each earned top-20 finishes at the Codfish Bowl cross country meet at Franklin Park on Saturday. The women finished seventh overall in the team standings and were third amongst Division III teams at the meet, while the men's team took fourth place overall, placing five runners in the top 50.

McCaffrey, last week's GNAC Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Week, finished the 5K in 19:44, good enough for 12th place overall. Chamenko took 19th overall on the men's side, running the 8K race in 27:45.

For the second straight race, senior Chloe Pangonis (Keene, N.H.) was the second Saint to cross the finish line, wrapping up the 5K in 20:13 and taking 24th place. Sophomore Marwah Haq (Methuen, Mass.) ran a personal-best 5K time of 20:51, taking 48th place, and sophomore Nicole Varca (Wethersfield, Conn.) was one second behind her in 49th place (20:52). Rounding out the top five for Emmanuel was freshman Mimi Duncan (Portsmouth, N.H.), who also ran a personal best, finishing in 21:02.

Following Chamenko on the men's side was senior captain Sean Colford (Epping, N.H.), whose time of 29:49 was good enough for 40th overall. Senior Corey Hebert (Acushnet, Mass.) was close behind in 43rd place, crossing the line in 30:13, and trailing him by 40 seconds was freshman Jefferson Zannoni (Merrimack, N.H.), who ran a 30:53 8K. The fifth finisher for the Saints was senior captain Max Bukowiec (York, Maine), who finished alone in 50th place with a time of 31:14.

After a week off, the Saints will head to Standish, Maine on October 10 for the Runnin' Monks Invitational, hosted by Saint Joseph's College of Maine.