Bentley Men Finish 5th in NCAA Regional; Farley #1 Runner for Falcons

BOSTON, Mass. -- With sophomores comprising four of its top runners, the Bentley University men’s cross country team finished fifth out of 26 teams in the NCAA Division II East Regional Sunday at Franklin Park.
              
Bentley, with a score of 134 in Ed Lyons’ final meet of his 19 years as the team’s head coach, trailed four Northeast-10 Conference rivals in the standings. UMass-Lowell won the regional with a score of 41, and Stonehill (72), Southern Connecticut (121) and American International (130) completed the top four.
              
Sophomore Teddy Farley (Chelmsford/Chelmsford HS) had the best race of his career to lead the Falcons, placing 17th with a time of 32:07 over the 10,000-meter course. Curtis Trueb (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester HS) and Rob Dextradeur (Branford, Conn./Branford HS), also sophomores, were the next two Bentley runners across the finish line, placing 25th and 27th, with times of 32:35 and 32:38, respectively.
              
Bentley’s top five also included senior Steve Gendron (Lowell/Lowell HS) in 29th (32:43) and sophomore John Drago (Avon, Conn./Avon HS) in 36th (32:57). Right on their heels were sophomore Craig Robinson (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough HS) and senior Sean Reagan (Marcellus, N.Y./ Marcellus HS), in 37th and 39th respectively, as the Falcons were the only team to place seven in the top 40.
              
UMass-Lowell’s John Veiga ran to the individual championship, with his time of 30:08 giving him a 20-second margin of victory over Glarius Rop of AIC.

NCAA DIV. II EAST REGIONAL
At Franklin Park, Boston

Team Standings: 1. UMass-Lowell 41, 2. Stonehill 72, 3. Southern Connecticut 121, 4. American International 130, 5. Bentley 134, 6. Adelphi 145, 7. Saint Rose 157, 8. C.W. Post 207, 9. New Haven 288, 10. Felician 290, 11. Molloy 329, 12. Philadelphia 378, 13. Merrimack 381, 14. St. Michael’s 391, 15. Le Moyne 418, 16. Wilmington 431, 17. St. Thomas Aquinas 474, 18. Saint Anselm 541, 19. Sciences 560, 20. Assumption 587, 21. Dowling 592, 22. Queens, N.Y. 597, 23. Nyack 614, 24. Goldey-Beacom 622, 25. Holy Family 670, 26. Southern New Hampshire 747.

Top Individuals: 1. Jeff Veiga, Stonehill, 30:08; 2. Glarius Rop, AIC, 30:28; 3. Angus McDonald, UMass-Lowell 31:03; 4. Andrew Coelho, Adelphi, 31:05; 5. Pat Fullerton, Stonehill, 31:14.

Bentley Runners: 17. Teddy Farley, 32:07; 25. Curtis Trueb, 32:35; 27. Rob Dextradeur, 32:38; 29. Steve Gendron, 32:43; 36. John Drago, 32:57; 37. Craig Robinson, 33:03; 39. Sean Reagan, 33:06.