WATERFORD, Conn. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) men's cross country team finished 31st in the White Race of the Connecticut College Invitational this morning at Harkness Memorial Park in Waterford, Conn. 

The Lyons tallied 858 points. Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the team title with 52 points, while University of Southern Maine sophomore Evan Schneider (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) captured the individual crown with a time of 25:11.7 in the eight kilometer race.

Sophomore Nolan Bushnell (Rochester, Mass.) was Wheaton's top finisher with a personal-record time of 22:55.6 to finish 185th. Classmate Jack Kittredge (Broad Brook, Conn.) was a half-step behind at 22:55.8 to place 186th. Junior Finn Morris Cape Elizabeth, Maine) clocked in at 28:05.4 to finish 199th for the Lyons. First year Jasper Rogers (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) was one of five Wheaton runners to boast personal-record times for the day with a mark of 28:35.4 to place 246th. First year David Aulisio (East Greenwich, R.I.) turned in a personal-record time of 28:39.0 to finish 250th and round out the scoring for the Lyons.

Junior Dan McIntyre (Keene, N.H.) slashed 59 seconds off his personal best with a time of 28:47.9 to place 258th for Wheaton, while first year Luke Parr (Portland, Maine) bettered his previous best by 57 seconds at 29:03.2 to finish 270th. First year Benjamin Oliveira (Taunton, Mass.) recorded a mark of 29:38.9 to place 301st for the Lyons.

Wheaton returns to compete on Saturday, October 31 when it heads to Northampton, Mass. to run in the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference championship at host Smith College at 12:00 p.m.