BRISTOL, RI - The SJC men's cross country runners earned 648 team points and finished 23rd out of 48 teams in the ECAC Division III Championship, hosted at Colt State Park in Bristol, Rhode Island on Saturday. Senior Ryan Prescott (Pittsfield, NH) toured the 8K course in 26:49, just 29 seconds off the pace of the race leader, Adam Smith of St. Vincent (PA), to earn a ninth-place finish out of 323 runners.

Williams College (NESCAC), with six runners in the top 20, won the race for the fourth consecutive year with 64 team points.

Prescott, coming off his second consecutive GNAC Championship, placed 25th in the 2007 ECAC title race.

Dating back to his sophomore season, Prescott has been the top SJC runner in 20 consecutive races. The senior has won four meets and finished in the top ten 20 times in his career at St. Joe's.

Jeremy Allen '10 (Rutland, VT) finished 127th (29:14), Bobby Britten '12 (Scarborough, ME) was 147th (29:39) and Vinny Micucci '09 (Yarmouth, ME) placed 168th (29:58).

Andrew Mockler '12 (Saco, ME) was the fifth SJC runner, #209 overall, to cross the finish line (30:54), followed by Tony Myatt '09 (Portland, ME/Cheverus) at #234 (31:40) and Andrew Moravick '10 (Biddeford, ME) in 268th place (32:39).

Saint Joseph's will compete in the NCAA D III New England Championships, hosted by Williams College in Williamstown, MA on Saturday, November 15th. The women's race begins at 11:00 AM with the men to follow at 12:00 PM.

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