UMass Minuteman Invitational 2014

  A few of the top New England Collegiate teams made the trip out to Western Mass to compete in the Umass Minuteman Invitational. In the Mens race,  Dan Moroney of the University of Vermont,  broke the 6K course record in a time of 18:53.4. Moroney, from Suffield High School in Ct, established a new record on the hilly Umass course. 

Slowly but surely cross country action in Massachusetts and the rest of New England is heating up. Even though it’s still early and quite a few squads are resting top runners, there were plenty of exciting races throughout this past weekend. At the heart of all of this weekend’s actions was the UMASS Minuteman Invitational. Boston College, University of Vermont, University of Maine, UCONN, Sacred Heart, and Amherst College converged on Saturday at the challenging bucolic course nestled in the UMass Amherst campus. For a few teams this was their first showing of the year and a chance to shake off some of the summer rust. Though for everyone it served as an opportunity to have some fun at a quicker pace and shorter distance (Men 6k, Women 5k).