Seven CAC men's cross country teams were in competition on Saturday, with four at Salisbury's Don Cathcart Invitational and three at the Messiah Invitational. 

At the Don Cathcart Invitational, Christopher Newport was the top finisher among the four CAC competing teams, taking third with 118 points at Salisbury's Winter Place Park. J.J. LaPointe led the Captains after completing the 8k in 25:47.89, which placed him 10th overall, while Billy Rabil finished just six seconds later in 12th place. 

Host Salisbury placed fourth with 121 points. Senior George Martinez led the Sea Gulls through the final mile and the finish, placing 15th with a time of 25:55.9; he was followed close behind by Thomas Burke in 19th-place finish at 26:00.8.

Mary Washington took 10th, paced by Ben Sorensen's 33rd-place finish at 26:27. 

Marymount placed 12th, once again paced by sophomore Collin Chartier with an 11th-place finish. Chartier paced out the 8k course in 25:50, a 1:14 improvement over his performance a month ago, and over a minute faster than the school record he set last year. 

At the Messiah Invitational, St. Mary's placed third, Frostburg State fourth and Penn State Harrisburg came in fifth in a field of nine teams. 

Junior Aidan Hennessey led St. Mary's with an 13th-place individual mark in 28:55.20. 

Frostburg State finished fourth at Messiah, with freshman Brad Baker pacing the team in 20th place in 29:51.00. 

Penn State Harrisburg put on its best performance to date Messiah, led by Nicholas Sturm and Joseph Phifer who finished in 25th and 26th, respectively.