BOSTON, Mass. – The Roger Williams University men's cross country team opened the 2022 campaign on Friday, competing in the Suffolk Short Course Classic.
 
In the 15 team field the Hawks placed seventh in the 15-team field, compiling a score of 218 points through their top seven finishers. Collectively Roger Williams averaged a time of 17:15, 16 seconds off pace of fifth place Suffolk.
 
Northeastern came out on top of the meet posting a score of 16 with an average time of 10:43
 
Freshman Nathan Tassey (Whitman, Mass.) paced the Hawks completing the 5k in 16:11.6, holding an average pace of 5:12.7 per mile, and was the first CCC athlete to cross the line.
 
Alexander Kalber (Middletown, Conn.) finished inside the top third of the field with a time of 17:12.7 finishing tenth of a second ahead of Nichols' Jack Hearn.
 
Ryan Thomas (Easton, Conn.) and Trey Generali (Middlebury, Conn.) finished 3.3 seconds apart, being separated by a lone runner, while Cooper Hughes (Winchester, Mass.), Wesley Baccay (Chappaqua, N.Y.), and Liam Engel (Holliston, Mass.) all finished with a sub-18-minute time, to round out the Hawks scoring.
 
Senior Connor Smith (Mattituck, N.Y.) set a new career best in the 5k finishing 43 seconds ahead of his previous time, set at last year's event.
 
The Hawks will return to racing on Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Ron Ouellette Invitational hosted by University of New England.