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.

On the women's side, NHTI took the victory placing three runners in the top 10 on the way to a team low of 50 points. Wheelock took second (73), followed by Newbury (84), Rivier (92), Daniel Webster (102) and Elms (102), and Mitchell (127) while Suffolk did not score.

Patricia Pruikma (Waterville Valley, N.H.) of NHTI took the individual 5K title winning in 23:08 while Newbury's Solange Thomas (Webster, Mass.) was second (23:10) and NHTI's Jacqueline Towle was third (23.:35).

Rivier's Rebecca Vincent (23:41) and Wheelock's Katherine Needham (24:03) rounded out the top five.

Chelsea Graf (Danbury, N.H.) led the Eagles finishing 7th overall (24:42), while Erin Pedersen (Watertown, N.Y.) was 13th (25:58), Rebecca Bennett (Salem, Mass.) was 19th, Alycia Gervais (Windham Conn.) was 36th (33:30) and Amy Nelson (Cheshire, Conn.) was 41st (36:44).

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