CROSS COUNTRY COMPETES IN 48TH ANNUAL CODFISH BOWL AT FRANKLIN PARK

BOSTON, Mass. – The Emmanuel College men's and women's cross country team competed on Saturday afternoon at the 48^th Annual Codfish Bowl at the historic Franklin Park course. The men's team enjoyed a solid showing finishing sixth overall in a 16 team field while the women's squad placed 10^th out of 17 team competing.

UMass Dartmouth claimed the men's team crown with Ryan O'Connell (unattached) picking up the individual win with a time of 25:40 in the 8k race while Merrimack raced to the women's team title with Samantha Valentine from Phillips Andover taking home the individual with a time of 18:26.

On the men's side, the Saints had three runners finish in the top 20 to help secure a sixth place finish as senior captain Ian Chamenko (Beacons Falls, Conn.) finished 11^th overall with a time of 27:20 for a new PR. The freshman duo of Erik Brobst (Freeport, Maine) and Patrick Carty (Sweden, Maine) finished 18^th and 19^th as Brobst crossed the finish line at 27:38 followed by Carty's time of 27:44. Freshman Philip Malm (Worcester, Mass.) was the next Emmanuel finisher in 89^th overall with a time of 30:28 followed by sophomore Jeferson Zannoni (Merrimack, N.H.) in 97^th place at 30:47.

Junior Nicole Varca (Wethersfield, Conn.) paced the women's team with a 35^th place finish as the top Emmanuel runner with at time of 20:30. Sophomore Mimi Duncan (Portsmouth, N.H.) was next to finish for the Saints in 80^th place, crossing the finish line in 21:48 followed by newcomer Jordyn Gonsor (Springfield, Mass.) with a time of 21:54 in 82nd place. Freshman Allie Gorrill (Whitefield, Maine) was not far behind with an 86^th place finish at 21:59 and sophomore Rachael Nazzaro (Amesbury, Mass.) rounded out the EC top five in 96^th with a time of 22:18.

This was the first of three races for the Saints at Franklin Park as they'll return on Friday, October 14^th when they host the 11^th Annual Saints Invitational followed by the GNAC Championships on Saturday, October 29^th. Emmanuel is idle until the host the Saints Invite in two weeks.