2025 Westfield State Men's Cross Country News
Westfield State Athletics soar to a sixth consecutive Smith Cup trophy and have now won the most Smith Cups in MASCAC history.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Recognizing one student-athlete from each team in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement.
Nate Sylven was first to cross the tape for the Owls, placing 56th in a field of 179 runners.
Sylven and Organ earned honors by virtue of finishing the top 10 at the conference championship meet
Bridgewater State took home the team title with 28 points, followed by Westfield (57) and Fitchburg (66).
Sylven delivered a 17th place showing at the Connecticut College Invite on Saturday afternoon in a race featuring seven nationally ranked programs.
Junior Nathan Sylven placed seventh individually to lead a good team performance for the Owls
The men’s 8-kilometer race begins at 10:30 a.m., with the women’s race following at 11:30. The awards ceremony follows the women’s race.
Westfield State men’s cross country finished 21st overall at the expansive 52nd UMass Dartmouth Invitational from Dartmouth, Mass. on Saturday afternoon.
Eight Owls teams will be in action on Saturday headlined by a MASCAC home doubleheader featuring field hockey and women’s soccer.
Senior Rowan Gottschall was the first member of the Westfield State University men’s cross country team to hit the wire, placing 27th
Ramsey finished tenth at the Keene State Alumni Invitational to receive rookie honors.
Westfield received 22 points and a pair of first-place votes.
Lorcan Bergeron was the first Owl across the finish line, placing third individually to lead Westfield State’s men’s cross country team to the team championship at the season-opening Keene State Alumni Invitational in Keene, N.H. on Saturday.
