Men's Cross Country Places 14th at Codfish Bowl

9/25/2010 12:00:00 AM

BOSTON, MA – The Merrimack men's cross country team raced to a 14^th place finish Saturday afternoon at the Codfish Bowl in Franklin Park.

Freshman Tyler Faulkner (Boxborough, MA) improved his time by 34 seconds from last week, finishing 62^nd in 28:06.

Evan Mercier (Boxborough, MA) ran in 29:16, finishing 102^nd while Harry Mullin (West Hartford, CT) was 127^th overall in 29:49.

Bentley captured the team event, while Bates was second. Merrimack was the third-best Northeast-10 team, as Adelphi (4^th) and Southern NH (32st) also ran in the meet.

Merrimack races in the New England Invitational on October 9.  

Codfish Bowl Recap

Merrimack Runners

62 – Tyler Faulkner – 28:06

102 – Evan Mercier – 29:16

127 – Harry Mullin – 29:49

134 – Pat Lawlor – 30:01

159 – Myles Dechane – 30:46

173 – Jason LeFavor – 31:27

180 – Nick Novaris – 31:40

237 – Arjan Nekoie – 33:51

Team Scores

1 – Bentley – 72

2 – Bates – 88

3 – Boston AA – 114

4 – Adelphi – 152

5 – Team Run – 157

14 – Merrimack - 429