Hughes, Sattler lead Seahawks at Tri-State Invitational

LINCOLN, R.I. – Junior Sean Hughes (Old Saybrook, Conn.) and freshman Austin Sattler (Guilford, Conn.) placed inside the top 15 to lead Salve Regina to a fifth-place finish in the Tri-State Invitational at the Community College of Rhode Island on Saturday.

Hughes covered the 8,000-meter grass and trail course in 28:51 to finish 12th in the field of 104 runners. Sattler was not far behind, crossing the finish line at 29:13. Freshman Dave Napierkowski (Cheshire, Conn.), freshman John Lutz (Ringwood, N.J.) and sophomore Daniel Regan (Westford, Mass.) rounded out the scoring five, crossing the finish line at 29:32, 30:03 and 30:04.

"This meet was another good test for our team, and it is good to see the three freshmen getting comfortable in scoring roles. Austin, Dave and John have done well in their transition to 8,000 meters," said head coach Rob McGuinness. "Sean and Dan did their usual good work. Whenever they line up for a race, I know I can count on them as contributors."

Freshman Andrew Sardelli (Hope Valley, R.I.) ran at No. 6 and sophomore Jay Brennan (North Haven, Conn.) ran at No. 7 for Salve Regina. Sardelli finished at 30:22; Brennan finished at 30:23.

Wentworth Institute of Technology placed four scorers inside the top 10 en route to winning the meet with 34 points. Eastern Connecticut State University was second with 63, followed by Mass Maritime (75), Bridgewater State (93) and Salve Regina (99). There were nine scoring teams in the meet. Lee Cattanach of Eastern Connecticut was the individual winner, crossing the finish line at 26:42.

Other Salve Regina finishers included:

Freshman Scott Brewer (Wilbraham, Mass.) – 30:40
Junior Slater Roosa (Woodbury, Conn.) – 30:56
Sophomore Anthony Tandy (Hopedale, Mass.) – 31:00
Sophomore Kevin Onofreo (Middlefield, Conn.) – 31:49
Freshman Collin Travassos (Barrington, R.I.) – 32:06
Junior Ben Campbell (Carolina, R.I.) – 32:58
Freshman Neil Sheehan (Methuen, Mass.) – 34:32
Freshman Alexander Wojtkowiak (Ashaway, R.I.) – 35:36
Junior Dan LaBrie (East Providence, R.I.) – 35:53
Senior Jack Simpson (Lynn, Mass.) – 35:55

Click here for complete race results. 

The Seahawks return to action at the Golden Bear Invitational at Western New England University on October 18.

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Courtesy of Rob McGuinness