MANCHESTER, N.H. -- With sophomore Rob
Dextradeur (Branford, Conn./Branford HS) leading the
way, the Bentley University men's cross country team had the top
seven finishers, and 11 of the first 14, in the Shacklette
Invitational at Saint Anselm College Saturday afternoon.
Bentley finished its season-opening meet with the lowest
possible score, 15 points, and finished 55 points in front of
second-place Saint Anselm. A total of seven teams
participated in the annual meet,
Dextradeur covered the 8,000-meter course in 26:58.1, crossing
the finish line 5.8 seconds in front of runner-up and classmate
Craig
Robinson (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough HS).
Rounding out the event's, and Bentley's top five, were junior
Bryan
Sutherland (Farmingdale, N.Y./Chaminade HS) in
27:12.7, sophomore John Drago
(Avon, Conn./Avon HS) in 27:19.3 and sophomore Curtis
Trueb (East Chester, N.Y./East Chester HS) in
27:19.9.
Bentley's next meet is the Codfish Bowl in two weeks.
SHACKLETTE
INVITATIONAL
At Saint Anselm
College
Team Scoring: 1. Bentley 15; 2. Saint Anselm
70; 3. Merrimack 73; 4. Norwich 127; 5. Assumption 138; 6. Saint
Rose 152; 7. Southern New Hampshire 171.
Top Individuals: 1. Rob Dextradeur, Bentley,
26:58.1; 2. Craig Robinson, Bentley, 27:03.9; 3. Bryan Sutherland,
27:12.7; 4. John Drago, Bentley, 27:19.3; 5. Curtis Trueb,
Bentley, 27:19.9.
Other Bentley Runners: 6. Steve Gendron,
27:26.3; 7. Teddy Farley,
27:36.5; 9. Sean Reagan,
27:57.5; 11. Sean Maguire,
28:08.0; 12. Robby
Ballenthin, 28:10.5; 14. Brendan
Colford, 28:14.7; 17. Tom Withererll, 28:26.7; 21. Mike Ravesi,
28:52.8; 22. Dan Fava, 28:56.0;
24. Conor
Higgins, 29:01.8; 27. Gabe
Campbell, 29:25.8; 28. Tom Quentin,
29:36.4; 29. Steve
Spittler, 29:39.1; 32. Rob Hennesy, 29:49.0; 40. Kevin Liang,
30:17.5; 41. Dan Biales,
30:25.1; 44. Chris
Letourneau, 30:34.8; 49. Jordan
Parkinson, 30:43.4.
