Kilgore Wins 8k at Western New England

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— One week after finishing third for the first time in 2015, Damon Kilgore (Londonderry, N.H.) was back to his winning ways on Saturday. The sophomore sprinted to a first-place finish in a time of 25:53, beating the next best opponent by nearly 30 seconds. The Fighting Scots finished third of 17 teams participating in the Golden Bear Invitational.

Alex Russell (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) garnered another top 10 finish in 2015 by coming in ninth overall.  Wes Nelson (Charlton, Mass.) scooted to a 16^th-place finish with a 5:42 pace, while Matt Nilan (Valley Cottage, N.Y.) crossed the line nine places later in a time of 29:09.

First-year Daniel McCutcheon (Smithfield, R.I.) was the fifth and final scorer for the Fighting Scots in 34^th place overall.

Gordon has two weeks off before the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships.

Top 5 Teams

 

  1. Westfield State              
            4    5    6    7    8  (11) (13) =    30
         Matthew Moussamih, Christopher Williams, Tim Forrest, Patrick Burns,
         Connor Gottzmann, Christian Capalbo, Yuta Suzuki
  2. Southern Vermont             
            2    3   15   26   34  (67)      =    80
         Justin Ferguson, Marc Brandmeyer, Noah Froh, Corey Barcomb, Cameron
         Curtiss, Isaiah Backles
  3. Gordon                       
            1    9   16   25   30  (36) (37) =    81
         Damon Kilgore, Alexander Russell, Wes Nelson, Matthew Nilan, Daniel
         McCutcheon, Josef Bandy, Jesse Edwards
  4. Worcester State              
           10   17   22   23   38  (50) (51) =   110
         Michael Ricci, Robert Davis, Christian Vera, Will Whearty, Patrick
         Scheeler, John Newcomb, Mitchell Cupp
  5. Western NE                   
           12   20   24   28   29  (31) (35) =   113
         Jonathan Ricciardi, Adrian Barber, Ed Kaczenski, Chris Goymer, Tim
         Caves, Connor Ross, Ethan Freedman