HANOVER, N.H. – The Vermont women finished in sixth place led by Zoey McNabb with the men in seventh and Darius Parker the top Catamount finisher.
 
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Results: Women's 6k | Men's 8k
 
COACHES QUOTE
"The men executed the race plan very well with a controlled start and moved up throughout the race.  There was significant improvement in our score on a very fast last lap for our guys. Darius and Myles closed especially well the last mile. The women beat a couple of good teams today and is representative of our team being a little ahead of last year at this point. Our newcomers are making an immediate impact and many veterans have stepped up their game for sure.  Zoey worked up from around 20th to the top 10 by the end and Grace DeLisle ran the best XC race of her career.
 
Short turn around until our race in Missouri, so we will recover well and tune up for Friday."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Vermont men finished in seventh place out of nine teams in the 8k to open the Saturday morning meet.
• Darius Parker's time of 25:28.10 led the way for the Catamounts. He gained nine places in his final lap to finish 28^th overall.
• It was Will Locke's season debut and he posted a time of 25:35.60 to grab 33^rd overall.
• Tommy Wolfe clocked a 25:46.60 in third for Vermont and 43^rd in the race. He was directly followed by teammate Bennett Harrison-Michaels in 44^th with a 25:49.70. Myles Napolitano completed the Vermont point scorers with a blazing final lap, making up 10 spots to finish 46^th overall.
• Following a win in her collegiate debut, Zoey McNabb paced the Catamount women in their first 6k race of the fall season. She finished in ninth overall at 21:29.40 to collect a top-ten result.
• With point scoring performances from Isabella Fryer, Siena Stanley, Grace DeLisle and Lydia Donahue the women finished at 138 points, in sixth place out of eight teams.
• Fryer's time of 22:06.20 was a personal best and good enough for 26^th overall.
• Stanley improved on her time from this event in 2025 by posting a 22:15.90 and in 29^th place.
• DeLisle trimmed over 30 seconds off her time from last season with a 22:28.40, also a personal best.
• Donahue snuck into the top-40 by crossing the line at 22:36.60 in 39^th place overall.
• Hebe Chadwick of Yale won the women's individual race with a 20:53.90 and UMass collected the team win with five top-20 finishes.
• Collin Catherwood won the individual title for UMass in the men's 8k. Boston College won the team title behind five top-ten results.

UP NEXT

• The Catamount men and women are back in action next Friday, September 25. They travel to Columbia, Missouri for the Gans Creek Classic hosted by the University of Missouri.  

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