BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomore Caitlin Burmester (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Dublin HS) and senior Brice Tolan (Abington/Abington HS) were the top finishers for the Bentley University cross country teams during the New England Championships at Franklin Park.

Burmester was 77^th overall in the women's race, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 19:58. All but 12 of the runners to finish in front of her were from Division I institutions.

The next Falcon across the line was sophomore Brooke Neri (Westbrook, Conn./Westbrook HS) in 109^th (21:33).

Tolan, in the 8,000-meter men's race, was 70^th in 26:45. That was tenth among non-Division I competitors.

Next amongst Bentley runners was grad student Sirish Modhagala (North Arlington, N.J./North Arlington HS), in 102^nd (27.54).

In the team standings, the Bentley men were 18^th of 20 and the Falcon women were 16^th of 17.

Team champions were the UMass men, by 15 over Northeastern, and the Quinnipiac women, by a large margin over Central Connecticut.

Dartmouth's Seth Weprin won the men's race in 24:41 and the women's winner was Eve Feuerbach of Holy Cross (17:53).