Sept. 16, 2012

Bronx, N.Y. – The Boston College men’s cross country team opened the season with a strong second place finish out of 14 teams at the Iona Meet of Champions on Saturday.

Senior Jordan Hamm finished the 8K course with a time of 25:26.94, four seconds behind the winner from Kent State, Michael Heller.

BC’s top five scorers were rounded out by: Louis Serafini (fourth), Tyler King (11^th), Anthony Bellitti (20^th), and Jack Linehan (32^nd) for a total of 69 points.

Brown University won the event with an overall score of 44.

The Eagles will be back in action on September 28 when they head to Bethlahem, Pa. for the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University.

Results:

1. Brown

2. Boston College

3. Iona

4. Kent State

5. Army

6. Penn

7. Columbia

8. Fairfield

9. Siena

10. Lynchburg

11. St. Francis (NY)

12. Indiana (PA)

13. South Florida

14. Manhattan

2. 69 Boston College ( 25:57 2:09:42 1:04)

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1 2 Jordan Hamm 25:27

2 4 Louis Serafini 25:34

3 11 Tyler King 25:56

4 20 Anthony Bellitti 26:14

6 ( 37) Daniel Kane 26:34

7 ( 43) James Glover 26:41