Varsity boys cross country earned first place at the 50th Annual Canterbury Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 23. Bearcats seized four of the top 10 spots!

Copeland Rollins '26 ran to a third-place finish with a time of 16:52, an improvement of 5 minutes and 3 seconds from last year’s performance. He continues to display how summer training is directly related to improvement.

Robert Lazar '27 stayed on target and ran to an impressive sixth-place finish with a time of 17:11.

Captain Axel Nzi '24 finished one place behind Robert with a time of 17:28, an improvement of 1 minute and 18 seconds from last year.

Cooper Grace '27, home-grown talent from Lakeville, passed a group of runners at the end of the race and earned an individual medal with a 10th place finish with a 17:47. He fought off the challenge of two Loomis Pelicans on the home stretch.

Philip Fauver '26 (18:21) and Henry Thompson '27 (18:35) finished strong in 21st and 22nd place, respectively. Bastien Sever '26 rounded out our top seven with a 29th-place finish with a time of 19:00.