New London, CT - Junior Sean Miller broke the 8K school record with a time of 24:20.73 to finish 10th overall out of 264 total finishers for the Vassar College Men's Cross Country team at the Conn College Invitational on Saturday. Miller's mark broke the school record set by Miles Takiguchi '24, which was set in 2022 at the Paul Short Run (24:22.0).

White Race - 26th of 37 teams

Vassar's Top Finishers

• First year Lincoln Neiswender scored the top finish for the Brewers in 116th position in a season-best time of 27:24.22.
• First year Maslen L'Esperance tallied a top-150 finish with a season-best mark of 27:44.35 followed by sophomore Nick MacDonald in 151st place with a time of 27:45.64.
• First year Grey Fearon finished just outside the top-200 in 28:11.68 along with sophomore Zeke DeMercurio in the top-280 with a mark of 29:26.28.
• Senior Mikhail Medina crossed the finish line with a time of 29:37.35, sophomore Oscar Olson Gross posted a time of 30:55.94 and senior John Hurly closed the Vassar finishers with a time of 33:16.94.

Team Scores (Top 10)

1. #9 Tufts - 65 points
2. #4 NYU - 65 points
3. #8 Williams - 65 points
4. #23 MIT - 91 points
5. Bates - 145 points
6. #28 Middlebury - 159 points
7. Bridgewater St. - 292 points
8. TCNJ - 301 points
9. #26 Wesleyan - 325 points
10. Eastern Connecticut St. - 343 points

Blue Race - 20th of 34 teams

Vassar's Top Finishers

• Miller raced to a 10th place finish with a record-breaking time of 24:20.73 followed by junior Max Frazee in 87th place with a time of 25:20.91.
• Senior Davis Anderson posted a 161st place finish with a mark of 26:21.70 along with first year Jay Borland finishing in the top-175 in 26:32.08.
• First year Rafael Mellow-Bartels scored a top-180 finish in a season-best 26:35.85 while classmate Jack Brilliant tallying a top-200 finish with a collegiate-best time of 26:44.77.
• Senior Arlo Rucker crossed the finish line with a mark of 26:50.75 and first year Riley Magill recorded a time of 27:17.01.

Team Scores (Top 10)

1. #3 Johns Hopkins - 96 points
2. #9 Tufts - 111 points
3. #7 SUNY Geneseo - 118 points
4. #4 NYU - 122 points
5. #8 Williams - 132 points
6. #23 MIT - 144 points
7. #28 Middlebury - 277 points
8. #12 Amherst - 286 points
9. #22 St. Olaf - 300 points
10. #19 Lynchburg - 305 points

UP NEXT

• Vassar will be off next weekend and will return to action at the Liberty League Championship hosted by St. Lawrence at 11:00 a.m.