COURSE: Hopkinton Fairgrounds - Contoocook, N.H.
     Men - 8k; Women - 5k
 
FINISH: 
     Men: 9th - 271 points - out of nine teams
     Women: 9th - 273 points - out of nine teams
          Full results - Men | Women
 
SHORT STORY: Four Great Danes recorded personal bests during the America East Championships, Friday afternoon.
 
KEY NOTES

• Three women and one man competed for a personal record - freshman Arianna Verardi, freshman Aiva Pinches, sophomore Cara Mastan, and junior Ben Jones.
• Verardi had the most improvement on her time by shaving about 24 seconds; Mastan followed with 19 seconds off her mid-October time.
• The two Australians, Jones and Pinches, took off four and seven seconds, respectively.
• The women's scoring gap was 2:26.67.
• The men's scoring gap was 1:21.48.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The men's race kicked off the afternoon of competition at 11 am. UMass Lowell swept the top three finishes and came in first as a team with 24 points. Binghamton (38 pts) and UMBC (85 pts) also finished with less than 100 points. All five scorers for both UML and Binghamton ran an all-conference finish (top 14).
• Junior Nikolas Christian recorded the top finish for the UAlbany men (52nd overall) with a 26:04.68 8k. Sophomore Jerry Lewis finished 13 seconds behind him for 57th.
• Ben Jones, running a faster time than his last outing at Hopkinton Fairgrounds, scored with a 27:07.82.
• Freshmen Owen Stachlik and Shane LaFountain rounded out the Great Dane scorers.
• The women's race took place at noon with Maine taking first as a team (49 points). The Black Bears had four all-conference (top 14) runners to earn the win. 
• Just two points behind Maine, Bryant finished second as a team and had the top two individual finishes. Binghamton added a 71-point team finish to round out those under 100.
• Finishing about 24 seconds faster than her last run at Hopkinton Fairgrounds, Arianna Verardi led the UAlbany women once again. She completed the 5k in 19:12.08 for 52nd overall.
• Aiva Pinches, senior Hannah Steiner, Cara Mastan, and graduate student Jaymee Yelton completed the course back-to-back to score for the Great Danes.

 
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