WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Cross Country team posted their best finish of the season, placing fourth at the five-mile (8K) James Earley Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks put all five scoring runners in the top-45, and all seven runners in the top-55, headlined by Ryan Shea (Andover, Mass.) who placed 16^th.
 
The fourth-place finish is the highest finish for the RWU Cross Country squad in a meet with 20 or more teams since 2017, and they did so by ranking behind just Vassar College, Trinity College, and Springfield College in the 21-team field consisting of teams from the Division II and III levels.
 
Shea led the way for the Hawks finishing 16^th overall out of the 164 runners. After him, RWU placed a cluster of runners between 29^th and 43^rd with Alexander Kalber (Middletown, Conn.) finishing 29^th, Raffi Manzo (North Smithfield, R.I.) placing 34^th, Luke Gillett (Wyoming, R.I.) ranking 38^th, and Luke Strand (Hauppauge, N.Y.), who rounded out the scorers, coming in 43^rd.
 
Hawk Highlights
16^th- Ryan Shea, 26:27.9
29^th- Alexander Kaliper, 26:58.7
34^th- Raffaelo Manzo, 27:14.8
38^th- Luke Gillett, 27:24.9
43^rd- Luke Strand, 27:37.9
53^rd- Trey Generali, 27:54.5
54^th- Wesley Baccay, 27:56.5
 
What's Next
Roger Williams at the Western New England Invitational on October 16