BOSTON, Mass. -- With five sophomores finishing in the top 24, the Bentley University men's cross country team captured the championship of the 43rd annual Codfish Bowl Saturday at Franklin Park.  It's the second team title in as many races for the 2010 Falcons.

Bentley, with a team score of 72 points, topped Bates College by 16 points for the championship. Rounding out the top five in the 25-team meet were the Boston Athletic Association (114), Adelphi University (152) and Team Run (157).

The Falcons were led by sophomore Rob Dextradeur (Branford, Conn./Branford HS), who was the fifth man across the finish line with an 8,000-meter time of 26:17. Brennan Bonner of the Greater Boston Track Club broke the tape in 26:07, and Noah Graboys of Bates was the number one collegian (26:10).

The next three Bentley runners to finish were Teddy Farley (Acton/Acton-Boxborough Reg. HS) in 13th (26:33), Curtis Trueb (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester HS) in 16th (26:43) and Craig Robinson (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough HS) in 17th (26:50). John Drago (Avon, Conn./Avon HS) rounded out the top five for the Falcons, placing 24th in 27:05.

Bentley coach Ed Lyons was very pleased with his team's gap of just 54 seconds between his first and seventh running, nothing the goal is to be under a minute.

Bentley will run again this Saturday in the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals in Louisville, Ky.   

 43RD CODFISH BOWL

At Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

Team Standings: 1. Bentley 72, 2. Bates 88, 3. Boston AA 114, 4. Adelphi 152, 5. Team Run 157, 6. Greater Boston Track Club 166, 7. Coast Guard 186, 8. C.W. Post 205, 9. UMass-Dartmouth 242, 10. Bryant 251, 11. New York Tech 276, 12. Molloy 358, 13. Mass Maritime 376, 14. Merrimack 429, 15. Navy Prep 431, 16. Eastern Connecticut 445, 17. Rhode Island College 454, 18. Emmanuel 483, 19. Lesley 559, 20. Castleton State 583, 21. Southern New Hampshire 640, 22. Manhattanville 664, 23. Maine-Farmington 678, 24. Greater Lowell RoadRunners 696, 25. Maine-Presque Isle 746.

Top Individuals: 1. Brennan Bonner, Greater Boston TC, 26:07; 2. Noak Graboys, Bates, 26:10; 3. Elphas Kimutai, NY Tech, 26:13; 4. Andrew Coelho, Adelphi, 26:14; 5. Rob Dextradeur, Bentley, 26:17.

Other Bentley Runners: 13. Teddy Farley, 26:33; 16. Curtis Trueb, 26:43; 17. Craig Robinson, 26:50; 24. John Drago, 27:05; 26. Bryan Sutherland, 27:10; 28. Steve Gendron, 27:11; 46. Sean Maguire, 27:50; 56. Rob Ballenthin, 27:58; 58. Brendan Colford, 28:00; 61. Sean Reagan, 28:04; 71. Tom Witherell, 28:20; 77. Gabe Campbell, 28:28; 80. Mike Ravesi, 28:31; 88. Conor Higgins, 28:50; 90. Steve Spittler, 28:51; 111. Tom Quentin, 29:25; 120. Kevin Liang, 29:40; 142. Dan Biales, 30:13; 149. Rob Hennessy, 30:26; 155. Chris Letourneau, 30:42.