Men's Cross Country Places Third at Shacklette Invite
MANCHESTER, NH – John Doherty (Chelmsford,
MA) placed eighth at the Shacklette Invitational, leading
the Merrimack men's cross country team to a third-place
finish to open its 2010 season.
Seven Bentley runners led the charge, including Rod Dextradeur,
who captured the race in 26:58.1.
Doherty was the top non-Falcon, finishing in 27:44.0.
Other top Merrimack runners included Tyler Faulkner
(Boxborough, MA), who made his Warrior debut, running
18th overall in 28:40.5, and Harry Mullin (West
Hartford, CT), who was 19th in 28:47.2.
Merrimack is idle next weekend before racing in the Codfish Bowl
on September 25 in Boston.
Shacklette
Invitational Recap
Merrimack
Runners
8 – John Doherty – 27:44.0
18 – Tyler Faulkner – 28:40.5
19 – Harry Mullin – 28:47.2
26 – Evan Mercier – 29:14.7
31 – John Lawrence – 29:45.7
33 – Myles Dechane – 29:49.6
39 – Nick Novaris – 30:07.4
53 – Pat Lawlor – 31:00.2
54 – Jason LeFavor – 31:11.9
63 – Brendan Mormile – 32:15.2
Team Scores
1 – Bentley – 15
2 – Saint Anselm – 70
3 – MERRIMACK – 73
4 – Norwich – 127
5 – Assumption – 138
6 – Saint Rose -153
7 – Southern NH - 171
