Lewiston, ME - The men's cross country team headed to Bates College for the Bates Invitational to race against Bates College and the Coast Guard Academy.

In a very tight scoring race, the Colby men's cross country team ran away with the team win with a score of 38.

The top finishers of the race were:  Justin Easter, Bates, 26:23; Ian Bartonicek, CGA, 26:31; Nat Brown, COLBY, 27:06; Eric Reinauer, COLBY, 27:11; and Ken Burgess, CGA, 27:16.

The top finishers for Colby College are as follows:

3                      Nat Brown                  27:06

4                      Eric Reinauer               27:11

9                      Justin Sukiennik          27:38

10                    Chris Cogbill               27:42              

12                    Rich Downing             28:01

19                    Peyton McElyea         28:29

25                    Evan Allen                  29:14

27                    John Tyson                 29:21

30                    Chris Johnson             29:37

44                    Steve Bogden              31:37

46                    Matt Gangl                 31:54

The final results of the participants are as follows:

TEAM SCORES

1. Colby 38

2. Coast Guard 39

3. Bates 43

1          Justin Easter               Bates                           26:23

2          Ian Bartonicek             Coast Guard                26:31

3          Nat Brown                  Colby                          27:06

4          Eric Reinauer               Colby                          27:11

5          Ken Burgess                Coast Guard                27:16

6          Malcolm Gray             Bates                           27:22

7          Michael Downing       Bates                           27:27

8          David Shuck                Coast Guard                27:34

9          Justin Sukiennik          Colby                          27:38

10        Chris Cogbill               Colby                          27:42

11        Brian Ward                  Coast Guard                27:59

12        Rich Downing             Colby                          28:01

13        Matt Dowthit             Coast Guard                28:09

14        Joel Anderson             Bates                           28:10

15        Ari de Wilde                Bates                           28:21

16        John Hancook             Bates                           28:25

17        Ben Spector                Coast Guard                28:27

18        Andrew Philpott         Bates                           28:28

19        McElyea Peyton         Colby                          28:29

20        Ben Bruce                   Bates                           28:33

21        Russ Latham               Bates                           28:48

22        Trent Lierman             Bates                           28:51

23        Ricky Chmielecki        Coast Guard                29:01

24        Sean Bartonicek          Coast Guard                29:05

25        Evan Allen                  Colby                          29:14

26        Jason White                Bates                           29:17

27        John Tyson                 Colby                          29:21

28        Luke Tarbi                  Coast Guard                29:23

29        Stacy Dawson             Coast Guard                29:29

30        Chris Johnson             Colby                          29:37

31        Patrick Wales-Dinan   Bates                           29:42

32        Ryan Miller                Coast Guard                29:48

33        Luke Selby                  Bates                           30:00

34        Matt Daly                   Bates                           30:09

35        Alec Maybarduk         Bates                           30:10

36        Byron Creech              Coast Guard                30:27

37        Brian Monaghan         Coast Guard                30:37

38        Adrian Beer                 Coast Guard                30:41

39        Chris Howard             Coast Guard                30:44

40        Andy Whitiker            Bates                           31:13

41        Casey Woods              Coast Guard                31:19

42        Jack Smith                   Coast Guard                31:21

43        Tim Brown                 Coast Guard                31:22

44        Steve Bogden              Colby                          31:37

45        Jorell Webb                 Coast Guard                31:53

46        Matt Gangl                 Colby                          31:54

47        Matt Baker                 Coast Guard                32:35

48        John Anderson            Coast Guard                33:12

49        Stan Tarrant                Coast Guard                33:18

50        Clay Cromer               Coast Guard                33:37