CROSS COUNTRY OPENS SEASON FRIDAY HOSTING INVITATIONAL
September 4, 2009
CROSS COUNTRY OPENS SEASON FRIDAY HOSTING INVITATIONAL
men's race 4 pm / women's race 4:30 pm
SMITHFIELD, RI – The Bryant University men’s and women’s cross country teams are set to open their 2009 seasons Friday afternoon when the Bulldogs host the annual Bryant Invitational. The men’s race begins at 4 pm followed by the women’s race at 4:30 pm. Both races are 5-kilometers in length.
Teams from Merrimack, Navy Prep, Northeastern, Roger Williams, Southern Connecticut, Stonehill, UConn, URI and Central Connecticut are scheduled to compete.
The Bryant men will miss last year’s standout Tom Casey who has graduated, but will be led by juniors Ben Coughlin (Worcester, MA), Chris Kelleher (Ellington, CT) and Scott Twardowski (Rehoboth, MA). All are coming off strong seasons for head coach Stephanie Reilly.
Coughlin earned a solid 13th place finish at last year’s Bryant Invitational while Twardowski placed 16th at last year’s Bryant Invite and was 58th in the 2009 NEC Championships.
The Bryant women, one of the youngest teams in
the region a year ago, have a year of experience under their belts
and will look to the leader of junior Jennifer Denise (East
Patchogue, NY) and sophomores Katelyn Arouca (Hanson, MA), Marissa
Donovan (Belmont, NH), Amanda Garber (Brewster, NY) and Kat Ragone
(Bourne, MA) in 2009.