The Mount Ida College men's and women's cross country teams competed in the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Invitational this past weekend with both squads snatching a 36^th place finish Saturday morning in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. 

The first Mustang to cross the finish line for the men's team in the 8K was freshman Daniel Rubin (Staten Island, NY/Somersville HS (NJ)) in 233rd place with a time of 31:59.  Junior Sean Slattery (South Burlington, VT/South Burlington) was next in 248^th place with a time of 33:32 while fellow teammate and sophomore Jake Davis (Chester, NH/Pinkerton Academy) was two spots behind Slattery finishing in 251^st place with a time of 33:45.  Sophomore newcomer Michael Durand (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) crossed in 255^th place with a time of 34:27 followed by senior Derek Broughton (Peabody, MA/Peabody) running in his first race of the season finishing in 257^th place with a time of 34:51.  The last two Mount Ida men's cross country runners to cross were sophomore's Ryan Tirell (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown) and John Whelan (Cranston, RI/Bishop Hendricken) with Tirelli crossing in 263^rd place with a time of 35:49 and Whelan finishing in 267^th place clocking in at 37:32. 

The women's cross country squad saw their first runner cross in 206^th place, junior veteran Jeileen Rivera (Springfield, MA/Springfield Central), with a time of 22:17.  Freshman standout Therese Pymento (Newburyport, MA/Bishop Fenwick) would finish in 243^rd place and the second Mustang to cross with a time of 23:51.  Following Pymento was junior newcomer Lindsay Pitts (Brockton, MA/West Bridgewater) in 251^st place with a time of 24:17.  Three spots behind Pitts was sophomore first year runner Alexandria Milot (Tiverton, RI/Tiverton) in 255^th place with a time of 24:31.  Senior's captain Melissa Fuller (Woburn, MA/Woburn) (272^nd; 26:59), Danielle Chuba (Wrightstown, NJ/Northern Burlington Regional) (277^th; 28:20), and junior Mairead Coleman (Cranston, RI/Cranston) were all towards the back of the pack finishing respectively. 

The Mustangs will travel to the Elms College Invitational this coming Saturday with the women's starting at 11:00 a.m. and the men's team immediately following.