Bucknell Men's Cross Country Preps for Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University men's cross country team is set to return to competition this Friday when it travels to Boston College for the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown.

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"Our men are very excited to compete in this prestigious meet," said Head Coach Kevin Donner. "We seem to be much healthier than we were two weeks ago at Siena when the majority of the guys were sick. This meet will be very challenging and we are going to focus on the mental side of keeping our composure in the middle stages of this race when we are running very fast and hard and get into the critical zones."

Bucknell last competed at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown during the 2018 season, with Connor McMenamin turning out Bucknell's highest performance in taking 66^th of 215 at the meet.
The Bucknell men finished 12^th overall at the meet out of a highly-competitive field of 23 teams that included six nationally-ranked squads.
Friday's field looks set to be similarly competitive, with the Bison one of 21 teams featured in the men's 8k race that is set for a 12:30 p.m. start.
Three ranked teams are set to attend the meet, with No. 12 Harvard, No. 18 Gonzaga, and No. 19 Syracuse set to compete at Boston College's Franklin Park.
Bucknell had a solid showing its last time out, competing at the Siena Invite on September 10.
Samuel Whittaker continued his strong start to the season in that meet, finishing third overall at the meet in a field of 191. Whittaker was named the Patriot League Male Runner of the Week for his efforts.
Dinant was joined by teammate and first-year Trent Dinant in earning Patriot League weekly honors, as the native of State College earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week accolades in finishing 24^th overall.
All seven Bison runners finished in the top 32 at the meet. Ben Santos (21^st), Bobby Lynam (23^rd), Dinant (24^th), Grayson Crockett (29^th), Henry Didden (31^st) and Domenic Campagna (32^nd) all competed.
After the meet on Friday, the Bison will have two weeks off before traveling to the Fordham Invite on October 14.

Bucknell Men's Cross Country Preps for Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

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Players Mentioned

Domenic Campagna

Grayson Crockett

Henry Didden

Trent Dinant

Bobby Lynam

Ben Santos

Samuel Whittaker