BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Men's Cross Country team placed second out of the 11 team field at the Western New England Invitational to claim their best finish of the season on Saturday. The Hawks placed all seven of their scorers in the top-20 and the meet also represents their top finish at a competition featuring ten or more teams since claiming first at the same invitational back in 2014.
 
The Hawks finished with a team score of 50, ranking behind just SUNY Cobleskill who had a team score of 27. Roger Williams was also the top finishing Commonwealth Coast Conference team, beating out the University of New England, Nichols College, and Western New England University.
 
Ryan Shea (Andover, Mass.) was the Hawks' top finisher as he took sixth out of the 113 runners who competed on the day. He was joined in the top-ten by Raffi Manzo (North Smithfield, R.I.) in eighth and Alexander Kalber (Middletown, Conn.) in tenth. Ethan Boivin (Tolland, Conn.), Wesley Baccay (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Luke Strand (Hauppauge, N.Y.), and Liam Engel (Holliston, Mass.) rounded out the scorers for RWU and all placed in the top-20.
 
In addition, Roger Williams placed nine other runners in the top-50 who did not factor into the team score led by Luke Gillett (Wyoming, R.I.) and Trey Generali (Middlebury, Conn.) who each finished in the top-25.
 
Hawk Highlights
6^th – Ryan Shea; 27:26.4
8^th – Raffi Manzo; 27:44.7
10^th – Alexander Kalber; 28:04.9
11^th – Ethan Boivin; 28:21.6
15^th – Wesley Baccay; 28:41.6
16^th – Luke Strand; 28:41.7
17^th – Liam Engel; 28:46.0
 
What's Next
Roger Williams at the Alumni Race (On Campus) on October 23