WATERFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's and women's cross country teams finished second out of three teams at the D3 Challenge on Saturday morning at Stenger Farm Park.

Coast Guard Academy finished first in both races while the University of Hartford placed third. Coast Guard's London Layton posted the winning time of 15:49 in the men's 5K race while Hartford's Sophia Rebenciuc won the women's 5K in 18:52.

In the women's race, Conn's top-5 runners finished fifth through ninth to record a team score of 35 points. Cleo Kilpatrick (Minneapolis, Minn.) led the charge with a time of 19:33 while Kaya Schwenke (Mount Shasta, Calif.) and Asa Bruno (Bloomingdale, N.Y.) were close behind in 19:36 and 19:39, respectively. Mary Lonergan (Andover, Mass.) was the next across the line in 19:43 while Violet Lowney (Medfield, Mass.) rounded out the scoring in 19:52, and Alyssa Lynch (Oxford, N.J.) and Lilly Pope (Amherst, Mass.) filled out the Camels' top-7.

Dax Arnold (New York, N.Y.) was the first Camel to cross the finish line in the men's race, recording a time of 16:12 that was good for sixth place. Parker Medlin (Chevy Chase Md.) and Ryan Taylor (Ridgefield, Conn.) clocked times of 16:17 and 16:27 to finish seventh and eighth, respectively, while Liam Kemeza (Harvard, Mass.) took ninth in 16:28. Leo Klint (Maplewood, N.J.) capped the scoring with a time of 16:42 while Timothy Chase (Foxboro, Mass.) and Wallace Dangora (Exeter, N.H.) rounded out Conn's top-7.

Conn will next compete at the NCAA Mideast Regional on Saturday, November 14 at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn.