The Bard men's cross-country team earned 7th place out of a total of 15 teams at Western New England University's Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
 
Sophomore Clemente Esponilla ran a big personal best, finishing 12th out of 107 competitors in the race. His time of 27:30 broke into the top 10 individual 8k performances in program history.
 
The next two Raptors across the line also ran PRs, with first-year Elijah Flynn finishing 31st overall, and Jack Keelan running under 30 minutes for the first time. Able Bloodgood and Bo Hopwood closed out the scoring places for Bard.
 
The Raptors will have next weekend off before competing on Saturday, October 28 in Geneva, NY for the Liberty League Championships.
 
7th, 160 points
12. Clemente Esponilla 27:30
31. Elijah Flynn 29:06
42. Jack Keelan 29:58
53. Able Bloodgood 30:53
56. Bo Hopwood 31:14