Daniel Webster College Eagle Invitational

Nashua - The Daniel Webster College men's and women's cross country teams finished fourth and fifth, respectively at the annual Eagle Invitational held on the College campus Friday afternoon.

Paced by individual champion John Hoffman's (Bala Cynwyd, Penn.) time of 29:41 on the 8K course, Mitchell College took the men's team victory with a low score of 46 points, while Suffolk took second (59), NHTI placed third (61), Daniel Webster took fourth (69) and Newbury College took fifth (80). Elms College and Nashua Community College did not score.

Chris Laplante (Medfield, Mass.) led the Eagles placing second overall (29:49), while Mitchell's Eric Appleby (Monroe, Conn.) took third (31:04).

Newbury's Gabriel Nunez (Jersey City, N.J.) and Suffolk's John Blazo (Pembroke, Mass.) rounded out the top five.

David Stern placed 19th overall for the Eagles, while Alden Petrowski (Lakeville, Mass.) placed 20th, Coby Costa (Bantam, Conn.) was 21st and Eric Caron (Groveton, N.H.) was 23rd.

- Game story provided by Ken Belbin - SID, Daniel Webster College