Men's Cross Country Wins LIU Fall Festival
The Blue Devils had six top-10 finishers.
The Central Connecticut men's cross country team won its first meet of the season taking the LIU Fall Festival. Samuel Whittaker finished second and led a group of six top-10 finishers for the Blue Devils.
LIU Fall Festival | FULL RESULTS
Team Score: 1st of 13
Location: Brookville, NY
NOTABLE
- Whittaker finished the 8K course in 25:32.6 to finish second and pace a group of five Blue Devils finishers.
- James Sullivan (25:47.1) finished third, while Jake Ireland (25:54.6), Aiden Budge (25:57.9) and Eddie Nicholas (25:58.7) placed fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
- Yankarlos Diaz earned a top-10 finish with a time of 26:13.3.
- Calvin Young (26:30.8) rounded out the Blue Devils scorers, while Mark Rodriguez (26:33.8), Steven Baah-Mensah (27.49.6), Nick Fusco (27:59.1), Andrew Hedges (27:59.1), Joe Lauria (28:03.1), Logan Crowley (28:28.6), Gabriel Kwarteng (28:43.6), Jack Ciambria (28:57.8) and Dylan Forrester (28:57.8) also ran for CCSU.
UP NEXT
The Blue Devils will next run at the Paul Short Invite on Saturday, September 30.
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