WATERFORD, CONN. – All five scoring runners finished in the top-100 as the Roger Williams University Men's Cross Country team completed their 2021 season with a 12^th place finish at the 8K NCAA DIII Mideast Regional Cross Country Championship at Harness Park in Waterbury, Connecticut on Saturday morning. The team finish matches their best finish at their regional championship race after previously finishing 12^th in 2014.
 
Ryan Shea (Andover, Mass.) led the way for Roger Williams finishing 55^th individually out of the field of 174 runners with a time of 27:09.2. His finish is also the highest individual placing the Hawks have had since Tim McGowan came in 24^th in 2014.
 
As a team, Roger Williams posted a score of 385, resulting in the 12^th place finish out of the 26 teams competing on the day while they were also the best among Commonwealth Coast Conference schools at the meet. Overall, Williams College claimed first as a team with 54 points followed by Middlebury College with 68 and Rochester Polytechnic Institute with 82.
 
Following Shea as the scoring runners for the Hawks were Alexander Kalber (Middletown, Conn.) in 70^th (27:33.0), Ethan Boivin (Tolland, Conn.) in 74^th (27:39.3), Raffi Manzo (North Smithfield, R.I.) in 89^th (28:11.3), and Luke Strand (Hauppauge, N.Y.) in 97^th (28:27.4).
 
Rounding out the RWU runners competing on the day were Luke Gillett (Wyoming, R.I.) in 111^th (29:06.4) and Wesley Baccay (Chappaqua, N.Y.) in 117^th (29:24.1).
 
Hawk Highlights
55^th – Ryan Shea; 27:09.2
70^th – Alexander Kalber; 27:33.0
74^th – Ethan Boivin; 27:39.3
89^th – Raffi Manzo; 28:11.3
97^th – Luke Strand; 28:27.4
111^th – Luke Gillett; 29:06.4
117^th – Wesley Baccay; 29:24.1
 
What's Next
The regional championship race concluded their 2021 season.