COMPLETE RESULTS

The 12th-ranked Middlebury men's cross country team finished second out of 26 teams at the NCAA Mideast Regional on Saturday. Top-ranked Williams won the event with a score of 54, followed by the Panthers (68), #19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (82), #25 Vassar (121) and #33 Amherst (129). Connecticut College hosted the event at Harkness Memorial Park in Waterford, Connecticut. 
 
This marked the first year of the regional realignment, with the winners of each region (10) earning automatic qualifications into the NCAA Championships. The Panthers will find out if they are one of 22 at-large selections when the field is announced on Sunday. The championships will take place on Saturday at the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. 
 
Alexander Kessler led Middlebury, placing seventh in a field of 174 runners. He covered the 8K course in 25:14. Drew Donahue (25:27), Alec Gironda (25:29), and Max Cluss (25:32) paced each other, finishing 11th, 12th and 13th, respectively. Quinlan McGaugh rounded out the scorers for the Panthers, crossing the finish line in 25:51, good for 25th place.