WATERFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's cross country team finished 19th out of 26 teams at the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Harkness Memorial State Park.

Five of Conn's top-7 runners posted a personal best time over the 8k course. Ellis Iurilli-Hough (Melrose, Mass.) was low stick for the Camels with a 10th-place showing and clocked his fastest career time of 24:32.1.

No. 10 MIT, the highest of 10 nationally-ranked programs at the event, finished atop the team standings with 57 points. The rest of the top five was filled out by NESCAC schools—No. 16 Williams (120), No. 21 Wesleyan (173), No. 15 Tufts (196) and No. 29 Bates (197).

Wesleyan junior Dylan Cote took home individual medalist honors, crossing the finish line with a time of 23:52.8 to win by eight seconds. His time also tied for the fourth-fastest ever at the event.

Iurilli-Hough sat in 108th place at the 1.65k marker but continuously moved up the field throughout the race. He picked off 76 runners by the 4.8k split, climbed to 16th by the 5.7k split, and finished strong to gain eight more places over the final 2.3k.

Brendan Capodanno (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) and Ronan Staab (White Plains, N.Y.) were the next Camels to cross the finish line. Capodanno finished 122nd in 25:47.3 while Staab checked in at 134th in 25:53.9.

The final four runners in Conn's top-7 all recorded personal best times. John Disturco (New Canaan, Conn.) and Josh Barzilai (Princeton, N.J.) contributed to the team's point total with times of 26:01.5 and 26:09.4, respectively. Tristen McDonough (Lincoln, R.I.) finished in 26:09.7 while Carter Stevenson (Kent, Ohio) rounded out the group in 26:20.9. 

Conn will next compete at the NESCAC Championship on Saturday, October 31 in Middlebury, VT.