WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - Ryan Prescott '09 (Pittsfield, NH) led St. Joe's and placed 28th out of 331 runners with a time of 27:02.9 in the 8K NCAA Divsion III New England Regional Cross-Country Championships on Saturday to help the Monks place 27th out of 49 with 867 team points.

Host-team Williams College won the event with 36 points while Ephs runner Edgar Kosgey toured the course in 25:52.7 to take home individual championship honors.

Jeremy Allen '10 (Rutland, VT) placed 187th (30:02.5), Vinnie Micucci '09 (Yarmouth, ME) was 209th (30:39.3) and Bobby Britten '12 (Scarborough, ME) ran the NCAA qualifiying race in 30:49.2 to place 215th overall.

Andrew Mockler '12 (Saco, ME) (31:36.9, #239), Tony Myatt '09 (Portland, ME/Cheverus) (32:12.9, #251) and Andrew Moravick '10 (Biddeford, ME) (33:42.1, #279) rounded out the Royal Blue runners in the event.

The 27th place finish for the men's squad is the highest team finish since Saint Joseph's entered the NCAA in 2002. Prescott's 28th place effort is the best performance at the regionals in Head Coach Tom Dann's 13-year tenure.

Individually, Prescott improved dramatically in his regional performances over his four years. He placed 166th as a freshman, 99th as a sophomore, 77th as a junior and 28th as a senior.

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