RESULTS

The Northeastern men's cross country team shined in its second trial of the season, finishing in third place out of 10 squads at the 8K JMU Invitational on Saturday morning.

Senior Brian Kennedy directed the Husky men with a 16th place performance of 25:40.20. Sophomore Ryan Nick followed closely behind in 20th after finishing the 8,000-meter challenge in 25:50.60. Senior Ryan Miling was Northeastern's third best finisher after turning in a 22nd-place effort of 25:53.50.

Freshman Daniel Grant was clocked in 26:14.90 for 31st while junior James Pellerano was pegged in 52nd following a time of 27:21.00. Senior Bryan Brunelli captured 65th in 28:08.90 to bring the Huskies total time to 2:10:24.80, finishing behind Duke University (2:03:26.60) and Georgetown University (2:04:53.00).

Georgetown's Mark Dennin won the individual title in 24:16.80.

The Huskies averaged a clip of 26:04.96 . Seven of the top 10 men's finishers were from Duke, as the Blue Devils came away as winners. Northeastern topped Delaware, Georgia State, George Mason, Longwood, Howard and the JMU Running Club.

Northeastern returns to familiar territory as the Huskies trek to nearby Franklin Park for the Boston University Invitational on Sunday Sept. 20.