WATERFORD, Conn. – The Union College men's cross country team finished 14th out of 33 teams in the white race at the annual Connecticut College Invitational, held at Harkness Park on Saturday.
 
Union finished the race with 476 points, two points ahead of the host Camels and 16 points behind Haverford College in 13th place. #10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology won both the blue and white races, taking the blue championship race with 57 points and the white race with 52 points.
 
First-year Brody Richardson represented Union in the blue championship race, taking 33rd out of 241 runners by crossing the line in 24:47.1. Richardson was the fourth first-year to finish the 8K course and ranked fifth on the school 8K record book.
 
Senior Bretton Garrick was Union's top finisher in the white race, finishing in 26:12.9 to place 48th out of 345 runners. He was joined in the top-third by sophomore Cole Lewek, who took 90th place in a time of 26:49.2, and first-year Ryan Harrow, who placed 104th with a 26:57.6 finish.
 
Senior Ben Pistiner and first-year Odin Cloutier rounded out Union's scoring quintet on the day, finishing in 27:27.3 (144th place) and 27:47.5 (171st place).
 
Union will take next week off in preparation for the Liberty League Championships, which will be held on October 31 at Montgomery Place in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
 
Complete Union Results:
Brody Richardson – 24:47.1 (33rd Blue)
Bretton Garrick – 26:12.9 (48th)
Cole Lewek – 26:49.2 (90th)
Ryan Harrow – 26:57.6 (104th)
Ben Pistiner – 27:27.3 (144th)
Odin Cloutier – 27:47.5 (171st)
Will Barry – 27:48.7 (173rd)
Alex Colangelo – 28:17.3 (215th)
Jackson Klehr – 28:32.8 (242nd)
Matt Vivas – 29:02.2 (268th)
Evan Caldwell – 29:13.6 (283rd)
Greg Keane – 30:08.0 (313th)
Gavin Venoff – 31:49.5 (333rd)
Sacha Silvia – 33:00.7 (341st)