BOSTON, Mass. – UMass Boston Men's Cross Country was back at it on Saturday afternoon for the 54^th Annual Codfish Meet in Franklin Park. Graduate student Jimmy Cannon, 2021 winner of the Codfish Meet, led the Beacons, finishing 9^th overall in 26:55:50.
 
THE BASICS 
 
Team Results – 9^th Out of 15 Teams (233 Points)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
 
In his 2021 Codfish victory, Cannon completed the 8K event in 26:34, 21 seconds faster than his time this year. The field as a whole proved to be quicker in this year's edition as the winner Cameron Leonard from Northeastern Club Running finished in first place with a time of 25:09:30.
 
After his collegiate debut last weekend, Rob Cannon, followed up his 28:34:10 finish in the UMD Invitational with a new personal best as the younger Cannon finished in 28:08:30, good for 33^rd overall.
 
Sophomore Zeph Alvarado placed 86^th overall to round out three Beacons finishing within the top 100, with a time of 30:52:00.
 
Junior Christopher Druding, finished fourth for UMass Boston for a second consecutive week with a time of 32:32:00 to finish 117^th overall.

Freshman Melvin Wiltshire made his collegiate debut at the Codfish Bowl Meet, finishing 121^st with a time of 32:43:80.

As a team, the Beacons finished ninth overall with 233 points.
 
WHAT'S NEXT  
 
The Beacons travel to Keene State next Saturday for the Keene State College Invitational slated to start at 10:00 AM.