Trinity Men's Pair Ties For First in Season-Opening Home Cross Country Meet

Manchester, Conn. – Senior co-captain Hunter Norte (Ellington, Conn.) and freshman teammate Michael Burstein (Brookline, Mass.) tied for first in the 5.000-meter men’s race with a time of 16:21 at the Trinity College Cross Country Invitational this morning at Wickham Park, leading the Bantams to second-place finish in their season-opening meet. Senior tri-captain Alison Lemire (East Hartford, Conn.) came in 19th overall with a time of 17:53 for the Trinity women’s team, as the Bantams finished ninth in the 4,000-meter women’s race.

The Trinity men finished with 51 points, which was just a single point behind first-place Mass.-Lowell, while the Trinity women totaled 268 points. Tufts won the women’s race with 48 points and Jumbo Stephanie McNamara won the individual title with a first-place time of 16:31. Sophomore Brendan Powers (Middleton, Mass.) added a fifth-place time of 16:44 for the Bantams.

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