Dalaba Continues Strong Season with 5th Place Finish at Pop Crowell Invitational

Wenham, MA (9/23/17) – The Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams returned to action on Saturday competing at the Pop Crowell Invitational at Gordon College.

The men's team finished 7^th overall in a 13 team race with Ryan Dalaba (North Granville, N.Y.) placing 5^th overall to lead the Lasers. Dalaba, who placed 16^th last year as a sophomore, finished with a time of 28:49 on a warm day. Senior Nick Garifalos (Spotswood, N.J.) was the next Laser to finish in 24^th place followed by Kyle Vonick (Weathersfield, Conn.) in 42^nd place and Troy Gonsalves (Providence, R.I.) finished in 71^st. Sophomores Kevin Wallin (Billerica, Mass.) finished in 87^th and Kyle Mullen (West Newbury, Mass.) placed 93^rd.  

The women returned to the Pop Crowell Invite hoping to improve from their 8^th place in 2016 and accomplished their goal moving up two spots to place 6^th.  The women ran well as team with freshman Amanda Hawkes (Billerica, Mass.) leading the Lasers with a 52^nd place in 23:04 followed closely by sophomore Karli Manship (Pittsfield,Mass.) in 54^th finishing in 23:09. Freshman Maggie McGovern (Worcester, Mass.) finished in 64^th while seniors Lauren Lenahan (Weymouth, Mass.) and Shannon Hart (Mashpee, Mass.) finished in 70^th and 98^th respectively.

The Lasell cross country teams will have the next two weekends off returning to competition at the Saints Invitational hosted by Emmanuel College in Boston on Friday, October 13^th