Butler Leads Cross Country at Dartmouth Invitational

Saturday, September 7

Hanover, NH / Hanover Country Club

10:30 AM

Brown University

Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational

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Butler Leads Cross Country at Dartmouth Invitational

9/7/2019 1:23:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Women's Results Men's Results

HANOVER, N.H. – Junior Hannah Butler (Jamesville, N.Y.) captured first place overall as the Brown men's and women's cross country teams both finished second in their respective races at the season-opening Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational Saturday at the Hanover Country Club.

The women's team took second with 33 points, highlighted by three top-five individual finishes, as the Bears placed just behind host Dartmouth and ahead of Hartford and Maine.

"Hannah ran a great race to get her first collegiate victory," said head coach Tim Springfield. "She took control halfway through the race and really dominated the field. I think both Dartmouth and Brown had some key performers not on the starting line, but it was still a very competitive team race. We were in it the entire way and came up just a little bit short."

Butler completed the six-kilometer course with a winning time of 21:58.74, while fellow juniors Samantha Valentine (Middleton, Wis.) and Ally Hajda (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) finished third (22:27.88) and fourth (22:40.49), respectively. Rookie Sarah Reichheld (Concord, Mass.) was 14th at 23:21.79 before Isabela Bartczak (Orlando, Fla.) secured 19th to round out the scorers.

The men's team claimed second place with 46 total points, finishing behind Dartmouth but ahead of both Maine and Hartford.

"We had a few of our top runners on the sidelines this weekend, but I felt the team as a whole raced well," said Springfield. "It was great to see JJ Yabu take a big step forward running up front for us. I also thought that the freshmen by and large had strong races in their first 8K races."

Junior Dominic Morganti (Syracuse, N.Y.) led the way with a fourth-place finish in a time of 25:00.55, followed by Jared Yabu (Moraga, Calif.) two spots later for sixth at 25:06.89. Hughes Benjamin (New Orleans, La.) added a 15th-place showing at 25:46.58, before Griffin McCauley (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Ford Shaper (Castle Rock, Colo.) finished 18th and 19th, respectively.

The Bears will return to the course on Friday, Sept. 20 for the Battle in Beantown event at Franklin Park.