University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Finish Fifth at UNH Wildcat Invitational
9/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
DURHAM, N.H. (Sept. 11) – The University of Connecticut men’s cross country team opened their 2004 season with a fifth place finish at the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational on Saturday.
Freshman Will Melofchik (Wayside, N.J.) led the Huskies runners, coming in eighth out of 83 competitors with a time of 25:35.17. As a team, UConn finished with 126 points as host UNH captured first with 53 points.
UConn’s Zach Vavro (Butler, Pa.) finished 11th with a time of 25:44.45, Colin Meyers was 25th with a time of 26:17.61 and Brian Cacace (East Haven, Conn.) came in 33rd with a time of 26:39.65.
Connecticut will next compete in the Fordham Invitational on Saturday, September 18th.
Top Team Scores
1. University of New Hampshire (53 points)
2. Harvard University (65 points)
3. University of Maine (96 points)
4. University of Albany (120 points)
5. University of Connecticut (126 points)
Top Finishers
1. Alasdair McLean-Foreman (Harvard), 24:56
2. Timothy Perry (UNH), 25:04.83
3. Anthony Truax (UNH), 25:04.90
4. Reed Bienvenu (Harvard), 25:07.16
5. Dale Summerville (Stony Brook), 25:18.06
UConn Finishers
8. Will Melofchik, 25:35.17
11. Zach Vavro, 25:44.45
25. Colin Meyers, 26:17.61
33. Brian Cacace, 26:39.65
53. Tom Murphy, 27:22.59
59. Paul Durfee, 27:31.18
78. Steve Iannacone, 28:42.47
