WESTFIELD, Mass. -  The Westfield State men's cross country team took 23^rd place at the 39-team UMass-Dartmouth Invitational cross country meet on Sunday.

The races were conducted a day late to take advantage of better weather as Hurricane Lee slid past New England off shore on Saturday.

The meet included four Division I teams (which swept the top four team placings, led by Boston University, and 11 Division II teams.  The Owl men were 10^th among the New England D3 teams at the meet.

Owls first-year Nathan Sylven was the first home for the Owls in 58^th place in the individual rankings with a time of 26:09.76 on the eight-kilometer course .

Will Buckley ran 27:27 to be second across the line for the Owls in 127^th place among the 303 runners in the varsity race.

The Owls had five runners set personal records for 8k, highlighted by Abdi Nassir's PR by 1:29 over his previous best.

In the JV race, the Owls placed 12^th among 16 teams, with Tyler Meunier hitting the tape first in 63^rd place in 29:03.

Westfield will compete next Saturday at the Keene State Invitational meet.