Vermont
River Hawks Claim First at Vermont Invite to Open 2022 Slate – UMass Lowell Athletics
RESULTS (8K)
ST. ALBANS, Vt.—
“The boys ran extraordinarily managed the primary mile of the race then labored their means up every following mile,” stated Head Coach Gary Gardner. “That is precisely what we mentioned earlier than the race. They actually raced completely.”
Sophomore Landen Vaillancourt (New Ipswich, N.H.) led the spectacular effort for the River Hawks, clocking the highest time within the males’s 8K with a 25:14.4 tempo. The primary-place time marked a brand new private finest for the underclassman as he shaved almost 45 seconds off his earlier finest.
“[Coach Gardner] informed us to simply keep relaxed by means of the primary part of the race. My teammates communicated with each other effectively, and once we bought across the 5K mark, I took the reins, attacked the hills and pulled forward so far as I may,” stated Vaillancourt.
Vaillancourt marked simply one in all UMass Lowell’s 4 top-10 finishes within the males’s 8K. Junior Henry Farrington (Essex Junction, Vt.) and sophomore Joseph Curran (Nashua, N.H.) rounded out the highest 5 in third and fifth, respectively, off 25:51.50 and 25:54.80 occasions.
Persevering with the excellent underclassman outing, sophomore Will Benoit (Fairhaven, Mass.) clinched eighth total with a last mark of 26:04.80. Rookie Nathanael Fondakowski (Pelham, N.H.) solidified the resounding River Hawk victory with a time of 26:23.50 to complete eleventh in his collegiate debut.
UMass Lowell hopes to proceed its early season success on Saturday, Sept. 17, when the crew travels to the UMass Dartmouth Invitational in North Dartmouth, Mass.