NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Led by winning performances from junior David Cooper (Woburn/Woburn HS) and freshmen Nick Skarin (Sunapee, N.H./Sunapee HS) and Beau Kraft (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point HS), the Bentley University men's outdoor track and field team finished second among 17 teams in the Corsair Classic Saturday at UMass-Dartmouth.

Bentley totaled 106.5 points in the meet, a number exceeded only by Bridgewater State (118). The rest of the top five included Rhode Island College (77), Southern Maine (73) and UMass-Boston (63).

Skarin led a dominating performance by Bentley in the 800 meters with three of the top four Falcons. He finished in 1:59.87, a time that put him at number 10 on the Northeast-10 performance list, and was followed by senior Christian Connolly (Kingston/Silver Lake Regional HS) and sophomore Nik Haas (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey HS). Connolly was third in the 35-runner field with a 2:00.60 and Haas was fourth (2:00.71).

Cooper ran to victory in the 5000 meters with his time of 16:27.58 giving him a winning margin of 4.97 seconds over Roger Williams' Chris Busby. Bentley freshman Seamus Higgins (Randolph, N.J./ Randolph HS) followed in third as he crossed the line in 16:38.40.

Kraft, last week's NE-10 Field Rookie of the Week, bettered his performances of seven days earlier while placing first of 42 in the discus and seventh of 37 in the shot put. His 144'5" throw in the discus elevated him to second best in program history, improved on his collegiate personal best by more than 15 feet and put him at number three on the NE-10 performance list. In the shot, his 40'0.75" ranked 14th on Bentley's all-time list, tenth on the NE-10 list and exceeded his PR by 5.75 inches.

Sophomore Paul Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) finished second of 45 in the 1500 meters, posting a time of 4:16.84. Junior Anthony Lacey (Ogdensburg, N.J./Pope John XXIII) was two places behind him with a 4:21.95 and the 4:24.01 achieved by freshman Graham Chapski (East Greenwich, R.I./ East Greenwich HS) was good for seventh. It was also a PR by 5.67 seconds.

In the javelin, Bentley had five of the top 11 finishers, a group headed by freshman Holt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial HS). His throw of 163'4", a PR by nearly eight feet, was good for third in a field of 35 and also put him at number three on the NE-10 performance list. Junior Joe Simonini (Revere/Revere HS) also scored, placing seventh with his 154'11" fourth best to date in the conference.

Bentley also had four of the top 11 in the 10,000 meters with sophomore Eric Alatalo (Wilmington/Wilmington HS) taking fourth with a 34:01.27. That was a PR by 5.63 seconds and the third best so far in 2015 in the NE-10. Senior Mac Segura-Cook (Northwood, N.H./Coe-Brown Northwood Acad.) was immediately behind him in fifth, with his 34:11.08 fourth best in the NE-10 to date, and sophomore Andrew Bertini (West Hartford, Conn./Conant HS) was eighth (37:23.90).

In other field events, senior Anthony Charter (Hubbardston/Quabbin Reg. HS) was fourth of 29 in the long jump (19'8.75"), classmate John Chiulli (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook HS) was fifth of 42 in the discus (129'5") and junior Connor Hichens (Sharon/Sharon HS) was both sixth of 17 in the high jump (5'10") and eighth of 18 in the triple jump (40'3.5"). Hichens' performance in the former was the fourth best this year in the NE-10 and Chiulli is sixth on the NE-10 performance list in the discus.

Bentley also saw senior Steve Maffiolini (Southington, Conn./Southington HS) finished eighth of 34 in the 400 meters (53.09).

Next weekend, Bentley will compete in the Siffen Invitational at Connecticut College.