NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University men's cross-country team delivered a strong performance on its home course Friday afternoon, placing second out of six teams at the third annual Norwich Cadet Cross Country Invitational, with Fitchburg State taking first place.

Senior Seth Varin (Danielson, Conn.) paced the Cadets, clocking a time of 27:31.50 over the 8K course to finish third overall. Freshman Shea Parish (Barrington, R.I.) continued his impressive rookie campaign, crossing in 29:21.50 to take ninth place, leading the way as eight Cadet runners finished in the top 30.

Norwich Leaders

• Seth Varin, 3^rd, 27:31.50
• Shea Parish, 9^th, 29:21.50
• Landon Pandolph, 11^th, 29:51.70
• Matheu Dettenrieder, 17^th, 30:46.70
• Galen Fogarty, 20^th, 31:11.20

The Cadets will return to the course on Oct. 11 when they travel to Westfield State to compete in the James Earley Invitational at 11:30 a.m.

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