NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Trinity College men's and women's cross country teams returned to the course Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, with the Bantam men finishing 13th overall with 392 points out of 38 teams and the women placing 12th with 319 points out of 37 teams.

Men's 8K

• Sophomore Lysander Duffield continued his strong start to the season, leading the Bantams for the second consecutive meet. Duffield crossed the finish line 26th overall with a time of 25:24.34 in Trinity's first 8K race of the season.
• Sophomore Nielsen Kasser was the second Bantam across the line, clocking a time of 26:26.49, followed closely by first-year Tommy Basinger in 26:28.35. First-year Douglas Smith posted a time of 26:37.57, while senior Dolan Pols rounded out Trinity's scoring five in 27:03.96.
• Mark Kanner followed with a time of 27:07.49, while Brendan Nolan crossed in 27:27.04. Jack Blanchfield (27:44.44), Tyler Johnson (27:49.69), Alex Willard (28:43.00), Xavier Ohl (28:51.05) and Tim Hamilton (28:57.31) also competed for the Bantams.
• Trinity finished 13th in the team standings with 392 points, recording an average scoring time of 26:24.

Women's 6K

• Senior Paige Jaenicke once again paced the Trinity women, racing to a 22nd-place finish with a time of 22:14.35 in the Bantams' first 6K of the season.
• Senior Ava Del Vescovo was next across for Trinity, finishing in 22:50.69, while first-year Mary O'Connell followed with a time of 23:09.41. First-year Maile Shinmoto clocked a 23:35.00, and Cassidy Bruno completed the Bantams' scoring five with a time of 24:28.12.
• Rachel Quadrato finished in 24:54.86, followed by Lauren Hunt (25:29.58), Catherine Bustamante (25:42.32), Ella Reagan (25:47.84), Rio Gladchun (25:55.34), Molly McGinley (27:28.67) and Nora Butterly (29:07.90).
• The Bantams totaled 319 points to finish 12th overall, posting an average scoring time of 23:15.

Up Next
The Bantams return to action on October 2nd at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.