Final Results: Men | Women
AMHERST, Mass. – The Vermont men's cross country won the Minuteman Invitational at UMass Amherst with 37 points on Saturday in the Catamounts' second meet of the season. The women placed fifth overall in the annual event with 120 points.
 
After winning the America East Pre-Conference Meet in Maine last weekend, Dan Moroney claimed another individual title going away as he finished with a time of 18:53.40. Patrick Coppinger (19:17.60) and Dylan Souder (19:19.10) came across the finish line back-to-back in sixth and seventh to give the Catamounts three top-10 finishers.
 
Thomas O'Leary (19:29.20) and Fletcher Hazlehurst (19:30.20) were separated by just one second as they occupied the 11^th and 12^th spots in the 6K race. Rookie Aaron Lucci took 16^th as he ran a time of 19:37.30, while fellow freshman Noah Bell rounded out the team's top-7 in 25^th with a mark of 19:48.20.
 
Alicia Clark led the women's team for the second straight week by placing 11^th overall with a time of 17:47.70.  Fellow junior Nikki Braceras also broke the 18-minute mark in the 5K as she crossed the finish line in 17:59.20 for 18^th overall. Julie Richer (18:15.40) and Hilary Rawding (18:23.50) earned 31^st and 34^th in the race, while Amber Peirsol ran a time of 18:39.00 for 39^th.

Freshmen Colleen Yancey (46^th, 18:55.00) and Laura Dissly (59^th, 19:15.30) rounded out the top-7 on the day for the women's squad.

"Dan was awesome again today, and the men really responded well to our challenge to win this race against some very good teams," said head coach Matt Belfield. "Fletcher's improvement and the solid races by Dylan, Pat and Thomas gave us what we needed. The women raced well but we're just not all there yet.  It's good to have Nikki back racing and Alicia and Julie were very aggressive against the national level squads from BC and UConn."
 
Vermont has next weekend off before hosting a home meet against UMass Lowell on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Red Rocks Park in South Burlington. The event is schedule to begin at 11:30 a.m.