The men's cross country team secured four of the top 22 finishes in the University Athletic Association Championships in Chicago last Saturday, placing fourth overall out of the eight UAA schools. The women's cross country squad also raced in their UAA Championships this weekend, finishing seventh overall.

"[The men's team] did pretty well," Marc Boutin '12 said. "We are happy with how we did. There are a lot of really good teams in the UAA. ... We all raced well and think we can do even better."

Chris Brown '12 was the only men's runner to finish in the top 10 among the 75 UAA runners in the eight-kilometer race, crossing the finish line ninth overall with a time of 26 minutes, 0.05 seconds. Boutin finished five spots behind Brown at 26:20.24.

Brown and Boutin both earned second-team all-UAA honors for their results.

"I was happy with my performance," Boutin said. "It was the best finish I had at the UAA meet in the four years I've been here, the first time I've been all-UAA. I kind of wish I was a little bit higher up so I could have helped the team a little bit more, but I can't be mad finishing where I did with the competition I had."

Ed Colvin '14 and Alex Kramer '13 placed 21st and 22nd in the race, respectively. Colvin finished at 26:35.23, while Kramer notched a time of 26:40.10.

Taylor Dundas '14, Michael Rosenbach '15 and Greg Bray '15 were the remaining Judges to earn scoring times for the squad. Dundas finished at 27:57.38, finishing 59th, while Rosenbach crossed the line 66th overall at 28:15.02. Bray finished one spot behind Rosenbach at 28:19.42.

Although he did not score in the meet, Jarret Harrigan '15 placed 74th at 29:36.96.

The men's team did not improve on their overall finish from last season, as they also placed fourth overall in last year's UAA Championships.

The women's squad finished sixth overall in the 2010 UAA Championships but fell to seventh in this year's meet.

Kate Warwick '12 led the squad and finished 17th overall out of 72 runners at 23:82.22 in the six-kilometer race. Miriam Stulin '15 finished at 23:55.86, good for a 31st-place finish.

Ali Kirsch '14 came in 37th at 24:08.73, while Vicki Sanford '14 and Monique Girard '12 finished 60th and 67th, respectively. Sanford crossed the finish line at 25:15.65, while Girard yielded a time of 25:55.17.

Kristi Pisarik '15 did not finish with a scoring time, but she finished 69th in the race at 26:33.08.

Having completed the UAA Championships, both squads will next compete in the Division III Regional Championships on Nov. 12 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Boutin believes that the men's squad will succeed at Bowdoin because the course will play to their strengths.

"[Bowdoin] is a very flat course and good for a team like us," Boutin said. "Most of us are milers, so a flat course is really good for milers. We need to be just focused on that day of the race and run our race. If we just run the way we know we can, then we'll be fine."