When and Where: November 7, 2026 – Bethpage, N.Y. (Bethpage Polo at the Park)
What: Northeast 10 Men's Cross Country Championship – 8K
Result: SNHU 7th of 9

Freshman Ross Wallace (Garden City, N.Y.) finished third overall to earn First Team All-Conference honors and lead the Southern New Hampshire University men's cross country team at the Northeast 10 Championships on Saturday at Bethpage Polo at the Park on Long Island.

KEY MOMENT

• Wallace completed the eight-kilometer course in 25:38.3 to claim third place in his first Northeast 10 Championship appearance. He finished behind individual champion Colton Sallum of Southern Connecticut State University (25:00.3) and runner-up Hayden MacArthur of Bentley University (25:28.2).

NOTES

• Freshman Brady Harker (Hill, N.H.) was the second Penmen runner across the finish line, placing 40th in 28:01.2.
• Senior Eric Sekyaya (Burlington, Mass.) finished 42nd in 28:04.3, followed closely by freshman Marcus Clark (Kensington, N.H.), who placed 43rd in 28:04.7.
• Sophomore Landon Graveline (Northwood, N.H.) rounded out SNHU's scoring five, finishing 49th in 28:27.0.
• Sophomore Jackson Bock (Danbury, Conn.) placed 55th in 30:02.2, while senior Brett Trainor (North Chelmsford, Mass.) finished 56th in 30:04.4.
• Junior Aiden Gibson (Paso Robles, Calif.) completed the Penmen contingent, finishing in 30:30.6.
• SNHU totaled 177 points to finish seventh among nine teams competing in the championship.
• Southern Connecticut State captured the Northeast 10 team title with 41 points, followed by Bentley (60) and Adelphi University (83).
• Wallace has been SNHU's top finisher throughout his freshman season, which included a victory at the season-opening Shacklette Invitational and a runner-up finish at the Penmen Mini-Meet on Oct. 22.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen return to Bethpage Polo at the Park on Long Island for the NCAA Division II East Regional Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21.
  
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