Dartmouth Men Set to Open 2018 Campaign Saturday at Home

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth men's cross country team will begin its 2018 season Saturday morning hosting the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational.

The season-opening home meet was renamed in honor of the late Dartmouth coach who passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer in late 2016.

The Big Green have won the last four home meets (formerly known as the Dartmouth Invitational), dating back to the fall of 2014. Last season, the team posted a perfect score of 15 points en route to the fourth straight meet title, led by Pat Gregory '18 (24:56.82). The top returner from that race was Patrick O'Brien (25:10.89), who finished second in his first-ever collegiate race.

Then-junior Sander Kushen (3rd, 25:24.30), freshman Benjamin Matejka (4th, 25:24.82) and sophomore Sean Laverty (5th, 25:36.25) rounded out the scoring for the home team.

Dartmouth would go on to finish fifth at Heps the following month and then 13th at the NCAA Northeast Regional two weeks later.

Saturday's home 8K meet is set to get underway at 10:30 a.m. The women's 6K race will follow. Parking is available at the Ford Rugby Clubhouse lot.

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