Meet: Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown
 
Location: Franklin Park in Jamaica Plains, Mass.
 
Results
 
Distance: Women – 5K | Men – 8K | Open – 5K
 
Team Scoring: Women – 21st, 652 points | Men – 19th, 554 points
 
Short Story: Cross Country wraps its third meet in three weeks, getting a preview of the 2021 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship course in Boston.
 
How it Happened

• Due to inclement in the afternoon forecast, the races were moved up three hours late Friday night
• For the third-straight week, freshman Tess Fitzmaurice was the top finisher for the UAlbany women, placing 117th in 18:58.6.
• Noreen Guilfoyle finished second for UAlbany, 143rd overall in 19:26.0
• The women's scoring gap was 1:33.1
• North Carolina won the women's team title, scoring 64 points, ahead of runner-up Providence which scored 72.  UNC  freshman Brynn Brown claimed the individual title, leading two Tar Heels in the top six
• Antonio Beltran was the top UAlbany finisher, also for the third-straight week, crossing the line in 75th in 25:52.6
• Brandon Garcia followed Beltran in 104th in 26:20.4
• The men's scoring gap was 3:39.5
• Arkansas won the men's race with 39 points, ahead of runner-up Syracuse's 60.  The Razorbacks swept the top two individual places, and four of the top six, with Syracuse filling in third and fourth
• Two Great Danes competed in the Open 5K: Dean Athanailos placed 56th in 17:16.1 and Adam King placed 74th in 18:57.3, and

Next: UAlbany does not compete again until October 15 when the team hosts the R.K. Munsey UAlbany XC Invitational.