NE10 Championship Preview: SCSU Men's Cross Country Goes For 5th Straight Title

Men's Cross Country 11/2/2026 1:04:00 PM

NE10 Championship Preview: SCSU Men's Cross Country Goes For 5th Straight Title

The Southern Connecticut men's cross country teams will travel to Long Island on Saturday, Nov. 7, as defending Northeast 10 Conference Champions. The Owls will compete for their fifth-straight title and sixth, all-time. Last year in Manchester, N.H., SCSU won with 23 points.

Race Info

Where: Bethpage State Park, Long Island, N.Y. Adelphi is the host. The NE10 says to enter "Bethpage Polo at the Park" in your GPS.
When: SCSU Men's Cross Country races at 11 a.m., women at 12:15 p.m., followed by a combined awards ceremony.
Watch: FloCollege (subscription required). Live results will be posted on the NE10 Championship page.

SCSU Men's Cross Country: Chasing a Fifth Straight Title
Southern has won four-straight NE10 titles (2022-25), plus one in 2018. The Owls have also won three of the last four individual crowns (NE10 Championship History). The NE10 coaches picked SCSU first in the preseason poll, ahead of Franklin Pierce and Bentley (NE10).
The Owls have backed up that pick this fall:

UHart Invitational: 2nd, three points behind UConn.
UMass Dartmouth Invitational: 4th of 32 teams.
New England Championships: 8th of 20 and the top NE10 team. SCSU scored 213 points, well ahead of Bentley (323), Saint Michael's (435), SNHU (475) and Assumption (487).

Returning Owls

Runner	Class	2025 NE10	2026 New Englands
Colton Sallum	So.	2nd (26:06.7)	4th (24:40.9)
John Glidden	Jr.	5th (26:50.6)	49th (26:10.1)
Joseph Lamburn	Jr.	9th (27:04.9)	did not score
Frankie Porrini	Jr.	14th (27:18.3)	did not score
Ryan Gagne	Sr.	19th (27:37.3)	54th (26:17.0)
Dom Tartarelli	Sr.	46th (28:35.1)	72nd (26:26.1)

Colton Sallum finished as runner-up to Jonathan Volpe as a freshman and was named NE10 Rookie of the Year. This fall he was the top Division II runner at New Englands. He is the highest returning finisher in the league.
John Glidden is a two-time first-team pick and again the Owls' No. 2 runner.
Joseph Lamburn and Frankie Porrini both earned all-conference honors last year.
Gone from 2025: Volpe (1st), Sean Barkasy (6th) and Nathanael Huebner (15th). Freshmen Hayden Burke, Breckin Burke and Dominic Lombardo have helped fill those spots.

What's Next
Following this weekend's conference championship race, the Owls set their sights on the NCAA Division II East Regional on Nov. 21, which they also captured in 2025.

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