New Gloucester, Maine - The Colby Men's Cross Country team competed against Bates and Bowdoin at the Wave Race on Saturday, September 10th. Racing at the hilly and challenging Bates home course of Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, the Mules won the Junior/Senior race. In first place were Colby's Tyler Morris (SR) and Ben Mellor (SR), covering the 6-kilometer course in 18:58 and 19:33, respectively. Coming in 3rd and 4th were runners from Bowdoin, followed by the remainder of Colby's top five, Henry Weisman (SR, 20:18), Nick Peterson (SR, 20:41), and Matt DeAngelis (JR, 20:56).
 
Colby also won the First Year/Sophomore Race. Taking the individual title and completing the sweep for the Mule men was Hayden Bailey (SO, 19:42), who came from behind and thrillingly outkicked the second place finisher --of Bowdoin-- in the final 20 meters. In fourth place overall was Liam Carcich (SO, 20:02), followed by First Years Hale Boyden and Chris Gould (20:36, 20:38 respectively). Colby's fifth runner in the race was Sophomore James Kelly, finishing in 21:44.
 
The Mules performed well at this beginning-of-season scrimmage against rivals Bates and Bowdoin, and look to carry the momentum to meets in the future, such as the Bowdoin Invitational (September 24th, Brunswick ME) with teams such as Bowdoin and Tufts.