Ten Hawks Set Personal Best Performances at AE Championships

There were fast times all around on Friday, as the Hartford men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the America East Championships. Held at the University of New Hampshire’s Campus Woods Course, the women finished eighth as a team over the 5k wooded course, while the men finished 10th over the 8k course. Five of the seven women’s runners entered set significant personal-best times, while the men had three of its seven runners set personal-best times.
Senior Haleemot Adeyanju led the Hawks in the 5k with a 43rd overall finish on the women’s side. Adeyanju set a personal-best time of 18:37.87. Junior Hannah D’Orso followed closely behind as she ran a personal-best time of 18:48.17 to finish in 49th-place overall. Sophomore Abby O’Connor, who placed 56th overall, completed the top-three Hartford finishers with another personal-best time of 18:55.65. Rounding out the finishers, Junior Hailey Marcello and sophomore Sarah Kulpa finished their final scoring positions of fourth and fifth. Marcello ran a season-best time, while Kulpa turned in a personal-best effort.
Over on the men’s side, Junior Keith May was the first Hartford finisher in the men’s race, finishing 61st overall while setting a new personal-best time of 26:24.85. Junior Christian Deal, who led the Hawks men in every meet this season, followed behind May in 70th-place overall with a time of 26:37.28. Rounding out the final scoring positions for Hartford, Graduate student Nicholas O’Brien, freshman Samuel Moffat, and junior Cole Cayer finished out the three final scoring positions for Hartford. Both Moffat (26:45.51) and Cayer (26:45.91) set personal-best times.
The Hawks will take a two-week rest as they prepare for the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships meet at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass., on Friday, Nov. 12.