When and Where: September 3, 2022 – Manchester, N.H. (Saint Anselm College) - 40th Annual Philip J. Shacklette Invitational
Distance:  Men's race, 8K
Results: Southern New Hampshire University – 1st of 3 (20)

SNHU graduate student Jacob Logan (Norwood, Mass.) led SNHU in the season-opening meet on Saturday at Saint Anselm College.  The Penmen claimed four of the top five spots.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Logan's time for the 8k was 27.54.5, almost identical to the race he ran last season, when he finished third.
• Freshman Dillon Labonte (Lee, N.H.) ran third in his first race with the program - 28:25.8.
• Junior Kody Gagnon (Tolland, Conn.) finished fourth - 28:37.7.
• Next was sophomore Carter Sylvester (Northwood, N.H.) - 28:49.8.
• Also scoring for the Penmen on Saturday was freshman Zak Laverdiere (Seekonk, Mass.) - 29:08.5.
• Senior J T Gulick (Norwalk, Conn.) and freshman Jason Dibble (Methuen, Mass.) also ran in the top eleven on Saturday.

NOTES

• The SNHU men had won the Shacklette in both 2018 and 2019.   
• SNHU Head Cross Country Coach Rich Marcello led the team to victory in the first race since joining the program in February.  

UP NEXT

• The Penmen will compete at UMass-Dartmouth on Saturday, September 17.

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