Lodge collects All-NEC honors at NEC Championships Saturday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. –  Senior Melissa Lodge (Hopkinton, Mass.) secured All-Conference honors, placing sixth overall at the Northeast Conference Championships held in New Britain, Connecticut, on Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldog women finished fourth, while the men ran to a fifth-place finish. Sacred Heart won the women's team title and Central Connecticut won its ninth-straight men's title.

Led by Lodge's sixth-place finish, the Bryant women had two other top 20 finishers. Jacklyn Sullivan (Plymouth, Mass.) and Olivia Weiss (Newton, N.J.) finished 15^th and 16^th, respectively.

Noah Tellier (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Ryan Poholek (North Attleboro, Mass.) were the top male finishers for the Bulldogs on Saturday. Tellier finished 19^th, while Poholek finished 24^th. 

TEAM RESULTS (WOMEN)

Sacred Heart – 24

Central Connecticut – 43

Saint Francis U – 69

Bryant – 110

Fairleigh Dickinson – 164

Robert Morris – 196

Mount St. Mary's – 197

LIU Brooklyn – 203

Wagner – 205

St. Francis Brooklyn – 259

TEAM RESULTS (MEN)

CCSU – 33

Sacred Heart - 53

Saint Francis U – 59

Mount St. Mary's – 103

Bryant – 142*

Wagner – 142*

Fairleigh Dickinson – 209

St. Francis Brooklyn – 220

*Bryant held a 3-2 tiebreaker over Wagner to secure fifth place.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (WOMEN)

Melissa Lodge – 18:06.9 – 6^th

Jacklyn Sullivan – 18:40.3 – 15^th

Olivia Weiss – 18:40.9 – 16^th

Sarah Lapham – 19:52.0 – 37^th

Caroline Meizen – 20:01.1 – 44^th

Breann Campise – 20:50.6 – 60^th

Kierstin Lock – 21:30.1 – 67^th

Ellie Goyette – 22:41.8 – 77^th

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (MEN)

Noah Tellier – 27:06.3 – 19^th

Ryan Poholek – 27:20.5 – 24^th

Matt McGovern – 27:46.0 – 30^th

Jordan Dagrin – 27:58.0 – 35^th

Alexander Evans – 28:55.5 – 43^rd

Harrison McKinlay – 29:15.0 – 47^th

Robert McCabe – 29:20.48 – 48^th

Chris Wrenn – 29:59.4 – 53^rd

Brian Salit – 30:34.7 – 57^th 

MEET NOTES

• Lodge earned All-NEC honors for the second time in her career on Saturday. At last year's NEC Championships, Lodge placed 11^th to capture the conference laurel.
• Sullivan's 15^th place finish is a five-spot improvement over last year's race, when she finished 20^th at the NEC Championships in Loretto, Pa.
• Weiss also made improvements over last year's competition. Last year, Weiss finished 30^th overall, while the 2017 NEC Championships featured the 16^th-place finish.
• Poholek improved by nearly five minutes over his time at the 2016 Championships. The senior's 24^th-place finish was 19 spots better than last year's finish.

UP NEXT

The Bulldogs will compete at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Buffalo, N.Y. on Nov. 10.