X-Country battles rain and cold to take 10th in Boston
The Big Green cross country teams ran through mud, rain and cold, gritting their way through a crowded field as both the men's and women's second varsity teams took 10th overall Sunday at the Mayor's Cup races in Boston's Franklin Park. The men were 10th out of 18 teams in the open race, led by Grant Allen '08, who finished 65th overall in a field of roughly 200 and 42nd among team-affiliated runners, traversing the eight-kilometer course in 26:38. Andrew Han '09 came across next for Dartmouth, 51st for scoring and 77th overall with a time of 26:58. Completing the scoring for the men were Steve Durham '09, Hari Iyer '09 and Mark Brissette '06, who finished 56th (85th overall) in 27:13, 59th (89th overall) in 27:16 and 60th (92nd overall) in 27:19, respectively. Both teams had difficulty turning in fast times due to massive amounts of rain muddying and flooding the course.
