Results

The Northeastern men's cross country team made a statement in its last regular season race by trouncing the competition at the CCSU Ted Owens Invitational on Saturday morning in New Britain, Conn. The Huskies won the 10-team event, with squads that included UConn, Hartford and host Central Connecticut State.

The Huskies took their 'A' squad to tune up for championship season that starts in a couple of week. Northeastern placed four harriers in the top 10 (field of 68), including a second-place march for sophomore sensation Eric Jenkins. The Portsmouth, N.H. native dashed around the 8K course in 25:18 for NU's best time by 22 seconds. Jenkins was bested by American International's Glarius Rop (24:55).

Second-year runner Brian Doyle was awarded fourth place after turning in a clip of 25:40. Senior Nick Ryan kicked out a sixth-place mark of 26:24 while junior John Jantz closed out the Huskies' top 10 showings with a 10th-place performance of 26:42.

Senior Sebastian Putzeys was Northeastern's final scorer on the day with an 11th-place jaunt of 26:43. Freshman Zachary Fraielli and senior Joe Siravo closed out NU's day with 12th and 27th place times of 26:45 and 27:48, respectively.

Northeastern's collective top five times equaled 2:10.47; almost a full four minutes faster than runner-up, American International.

The Huskies will take next weekend off in preparation for the New England Championship to be held on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Northeastern's home course of Franklin Park. Last season, the Huskies finished fifth out of 47 squads and are one of the favorites heading into the New England Championship.