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Recap | Box Score
Maliff Leads Nighthawk Runners at Travis Fuller Invitational
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- Junior Abdihakim Ibrahim’s (East Boston, Mass.) course record pace of 25:35 led Emmanuel to the team championship of the Sixth Annual Massachusetts Maritime Lt. Travis J. Fuller Men’s Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning alongside Cape Cod Canal on campus.
The Saints placed their top five finishers in the top 11 to post a team score of 31 points in the competition, outdistancing runner-up Emerson and third-place Merchant Marine’s totals of 66 and 67 points, respectively. New York Maritime and Massachusetts Maritime placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with team scores of 90 and 107 points, while UMass Boston (180 points), Suffolk (207 points) and Mount Ida (209 points) rounded out the team scoring.
Ibrahim finished a full 1:13 ahead of Massachusetts Maritime freshman Brent Schouler (Hyannis, Mass.) in the individual competition over the five mile layout, as Schouler posted a freshman record time of 26:48. Juniors Stephen Armstrong (Revere, Mass.) and Maurizio Turco (Revere, Mass.), along with freshman Michael Morris (Stoughton, Mass.), placed third, seventh and ninth, respectively, for Emmanuel, while sophomore Kyle Oppenheimer (Kingston, N.H.) and freshman Brendan Stackhouse (Wolfeboro, N.H.) finished fourth and fifth for Emerson, respectively. Sophomore Luke Milano (Wantagh, N.Y.) recorded a sixth place individual effort for New York Maritime, while the Merchant Marine tandem of juniors Ross Whepley (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) and Thomas Fossa (Fleming Island, Fla.) rounded out the top 10 by finishing eighth and 10th, respectively, in the competition.
Senior Patrick Dannaher (Arlington, Va.) finished 12th on the day for the host Buccaneers with a time of 27:33, while freshman Kevin Griffin (Stoneham, Mass.) and senior Paul Matz (Plainville, Mass.) placed 27th and 30th, respectively, with times of 29:04 and 29:19. Sophomore Evan Balderelli (Brimfield, Mass.) rounded out the Massachusetts Maritime scoring by placing 53rd overall with a time of 32:14.
Junior Ryan Maliff (Ashfield, MA) led Newbury as he finished 44th of 87 with a time of 31:10 as freshman John Morgan (Cumberland, RI) crossed the finish line right behind him nine seconds later, to finish in 47th place.
The Nighthawks return to action on Friday September 17th when they travel to Nashua, NH for a meet against Daniel Webster College at 4:30pm.
- Game Story by: Jim Seavey, Sports Information Director - MA. Maritime Academy
- Photo by: Samanatha Yanofsky
