BOSTON, Mass. -- Senior Sean Reagan (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus HS) was the top finisher for the Bentley University men's cross country team at the New England Championships, held Saturday at Franklin Park. Reagan covered the 4.95-mile course in 26:45 to place 166th in a field of 318.

Bentley coach Ed Lyons, who rested his first team, saw his "B" team place 40th out of 47 teams with a score of 1154.

Bentley's second man across the finish line was junior Gabe Campbell (Queensbury, N.Y./ Queensbury HS). He was 230th with a time of 27:25.

Dartmouth took the team championship by just two points over Boston University, 138-140, and Central Connecticut (186) was third. AIC's Glarius Rop took individual honors, winning by 13 seconds over Eric Ashe of Boston University with a time of 24:08.

Bentley will be back in action Oct. 22 when the Falcons run in the Saint Rose Cross Country Joust.

NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Franklin Park, Boston

Team: 1. Dartmouth 138, 2. Boston University 140, 3. Central Connecticut 186, 4. UMass-Lowell 191, 5. Northeastern 195, 6. Providence 203, 7. Boston College 289, 8. Williams 333, 9. Maine 360, 10. Connecticut 362, 11. Bowdoin 368, 12. AIC 403, 13. Keene State 417, 14. Stonehill 419, 15. Bates 434, 16. Yale 441, 17. Tufts 453, 18. MIT 454, 19. Sacred Heart 455, 20. Brandeis 504, 21. Amherst 520, 22. Vermont 532, 23. Brown 535, 24. Middlebury 596, 25. Holy Cross 598, 26. Wesleyan 602, 27. Hartford 605, 27. New Hampshire 605, 29. Springfield 707, 30. UMass-Amherst 771, 31. Coast Guard 806, 32. Connecticut College 850, 33. Bryant 866, 34. Rhode Island 900, 35. Quinnipiac 965, 36. Southern Connecticut 968, 37. Fitchburg State 1007, 38. UMass-Dartmouth 1042, 39. Southern Maine 1049, 40. Bentley 1154, 41. New Haven 1191, 42. WPI 1193, 43. Saint Anselm 1267, 44. Wheaton 1396, 45. St. Michael's 1418, 46. Assumption 1487, 47. Southern New Hampshire 1507.

Top Individuals: 1. Glarius Rop, AIC, 24:08; 2. Eric Ashe, BU, 24:21; 3. Matt Terry, Providence, 24:27; 4. Ry Sanderson, Central Connecticut, 24:33; 5. Tom Robbins, Dartmouth, 24:36

Bentley Runners: 166. Sean Reagan, 26:45; 230. Gabe Campbell, 27:25; 236. Tom Witherell, 27:32; 249. Steve Spittler, 27:41; 274. Rob Ballenthin, 28:24; 276. Dan Fava, 28:29;