CASTLETON, Vt. - The Western Connecticut State University men ran the 8K course at the Little East Cross Country Championship on Saturday at the Spartan Athletic Complex. Eight Wolves finished in a field of 90 runners. The Wolves finished sixth for the best finish in program history with a team score of 179.

Sophomore Ed Dalton (Naugatuck, Conn.) was WestConn's top finisher, placing 24th in 27:17.8. Freshman Ivan Butova (Niantic, Conn.) was the Wolves' second finisher, 36th in 28:19.3, and sophomore Alex Neves (Danbury, Conn.) followed in 42nd place in 28:38.4. Freshman G Hungerford (Thomaston, Conn.) was just 3.5 seconds behind Neves in 44th in 28:41.9, and sophomore Terrell St. Clair (Danbury, Conn.) was 53rd in 29:12.8.

Freshman Jace Kiernan (Watertown, Conn.) placed 69th in 30:41.7, senior Kevin Dias (Danbury, Conn.) was 79th in 31:48.9, and first-year Angel Morales (Waterbury, Conn.) was 84th in 33:08.9.

Keene State seniors took the top two spots. Tyler Bolaske won in 25:12.6 and Griffin Urnezis was second in 25:31.3. UMass Dartmouth sophomore Declan Smith was third in 25:37.9.