SWANZEY, N.H.--Junior Jacob Pearl and freshman Sarah Ames turned in strong performances as the Keene State College cross country teams competed at the KSC Invitational at the Cheshire Fairgrounds on Saturday morning.


Men's Results

In a field of 143, Pearl was 16th overall, covering the 8K course in 26:48.4.   Following right behind him was senior Robert St. Laurent, who was 23rd in 27:08.8, and also scoring for Keene State were freshman Ben Harley (59th, 28:47.4), freshman Zander Egervari (69th, 29:07.7), and senior Cameron Giordano (75th, 29:25.6).     Also on the course for the Owls were sophomore Sam Hennedy (92nd, 30:07.2), freshman Clayton Rodgers (118th, 32:05.9), and freshman Ted Rockwell (131st, 34:46.2).

Babson's Anthony Rodriguez won the individual race in 25:21.0, leading his team to the title with 53 points.

Women's Results

Ames turned in her strongest performance of the season, finishing as the highest placing LEC runner and eighth overall in a field of 120 runners in 19:46.1.  Junior Grace Furlong was in 34th place in 20:48.5, while junior Hannah Jones was in 41st in 21:07.8, and freshman Aurora Couto was in 49th in 21:20.9.  Freshman Anna Logan was in 74th place in 22:27.5, followed by sophomore Juliana Yialiades (93rd, 23:37.6), freshman Autumn Boisvert (94th, 23:46.0), sophomore Rhea Votano (97th, 24:00.5), sophmore Sara Christian (103rd, 24:28.1), and sophomore Melanie French (115th, 28:38.7).

Wellesley's Ari Marks was the individual medalist in 18:06.3, while Brandeis won the team title, placing all five of their scoring runners in the top 10.

The Owls return to the races next week, at the Open New England Championships at Franklin Park.