How it Happened
Rhode Island finished 17th at the 5th Annual Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown hosted by Boston College. On a cold, windy afternoon, third-ranked Syracuse took first, with Illinois and Indiana rounding out the top three.

"While the results don't reflect it, the team ran very well," head coach John Copeland said. "Every person either ran better than they did last year at this race or set a personal best. I am very happy with their performances."

Rhode Island's top seven finishers all made significant passes during the second half of the race. Copeland said a few Rhody runners passed as many as 39 runners in the field between the third mile and the finish.

The Finish Line

• Senior Alec Font was first among Rams and took 76th overall, clocking in at 25:45.
• Freshman Rock Fortna finished 94th, finishing with a time of 25:59.
• Junior Nicholas Celico finished with a time of 26:16, placing 118th overall.
• Freshman Daniel Ruggiero took 133rd overall, finishing the 8k course in 26:43.
• Junior Timothy Slack (27:10), sophomore Joseph Maguire (27:10), freshman Matthew Vinacco (27:11), and freshman Nicolas Musumeci (27:15) finished consecutively, taking 145th through 148th, respectively.
• Rounding out the Rams were sophomore Brian Coyne (28:24) and senior Charles McLaughlin (29:01).

Team Results (and points)

1 - Syracuse (35)
2 - Illinois (56)
3 - Indiana (106)
4 - Brown (117)
5 - Boston University (131)
6 - UMass-Lowell (166)
7 - Providence (180)
8 - Lehigh (241)
9 - Dartmouth (247)
10 - Albany (261)
11 - Harvard (288)
12 - Vermont (328)
13 - UMass-Amherst (384)
14 - New Hampshire (435)
15 - Maine (446)
16 - Boston College (486)
17 - Rhode Island (495)
18 - Northeastern (532)

Up Next
Rhody returns to Franklin Park on Saturday, Oct. 7 to run in the New England Championship. The race is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m.