Corcoran leads men's cross country at ECAC Championships
November 8, 2008

Peter Corcoran '12 overcame recent injury to place 53rd out of 323 runners. (Photo by Tom Leonard '78)
BRISTOL, R.I. -- The Bates College men's cross country team finished tied for 18th place out of 48 teams Saturday at the ECAC Division III Cross Country Championships, with first-year Peter Corcoran leading the way.

Corcoran (Stillwater, Minn.) covered the 8-kilometer course at Colt State Park in 28:02, good for 53rd place overall out of 323 runners. Corcoran's performance comes after he missed Bates' past two meets due to injury, and it earned him a spot in the Bates lineup for next weekend's New England Division III Championships.

Following Corcoran for Bates were sophomore Joe Musso (Wallingford, Conn.) 84th in 28:36, first-year Sam Wood (Waterville, Maine) 117th in 29:07, sophomore Kevin McDonald (Stewart Manor, N.Y.) 147th in 29:35 and sophomore Peter Gurney (Arlington, Va.) 165th in 29:54, Ben Taska (Lowell, Vt.) in 192nd at 30:27 and Tristan Black-Ingersoll (Concord, N.H.) in 239th at 31:43.

Bates tied with Eastern Connecticut State with 553 points, just four behind 17th-place Springfield.

Musso

Wood

McDonald

Gurney

Taska

Black-Ingersoll
Bates competes at New Englands next Saturday at Williams College. The men's race starts at 11 a.m. at Mt. Greylock High School in Williamstown, Mass.

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