Westfield, Mass.- Junior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) finished second overall with a time of 25:02 to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a sixth-place finish in the NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country New England Regional Championships at Westfield State College this afternoon. Freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) finished 20th overall at 18:15 as the Bantam women finished fifth.

The Trinity men, which were ranked No. 5 in New England and No. 16 in the nation, and the Bantam women, ranked No. 5 in New England and No. 26 in the nation, both finished one place short of qualifying for the NCAA Division III National Championships. The Trinity men finished 21 points behind fifth-place Williams, whom they finished ahead of two weeks ago at the NESCAC Championships, while the Bantam women were just six points behind fourth-place Brandeis.

Bak earned All-New England honors for his performance, along with fellow junior tri-captain James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) who finished ninth with a time of 25:19. Bak, Emord, and Kane each qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships as individuals next Saturday at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. Trinity sophomore Kristina DePeau (Stafford, Conn.) came in 23rd place with a time of 18:27, which was one shy of qualifying for Nationals as individual.

1. Middlebury 65

2. Williams 76

3. Amherst 86

4. Brandeis 163

5. Trinity (Conn.) 169

6. Connecticut College 186

7. Bowdoin 199

8. Wesleyan 209

9. Keene State 292

10. Tufts 299

11. Colby 312

12. Coast Guard 325

13. Bates 339

14. Roger Williams 436

15. Smith 447

16. MIT 460

17. Wheaton (Mass.) 498

18. Wellesley 506

19. Mount Holyoke 545

20. Southern Maine 579

21. Springfield 598

22. Bridgewater State 664

23. Mass.-Dartmouth 692

24. Worcester Tech 793

25. Babson 803

26. Westfield State 825

27. Salve Regina 837

28. Gordon 854

29. New England 880

30. Endicott 931

31. Eastern Connecticut 942

32. Clark 961

33. Mass.-Boston 976

34. Johnson and Wales 995

35. Elms 1141

25. Regis 1141

1. Keene State 54

2. Bowdoin 83

3. MIT 106

4. Tufts 113

5. Williams 128

6. Trinity (Conn.) 149

7. Bates 232

8. Coast Guard 243

9. Colby 291

10. Amherst 317

11. Brandeis 322

12. Worcester Tech 337

13. Connecticut College 343

14. Wheaton (Mass.) 361

15. Springfield 384

16. Wesleyan 387

17. Babson 402

18. Mass.-Dartmouth 560

19. Southern Maine 567

20. Eastern Connecticut 580

21. Bridgewater State 602

22. Middlebury 634

23. Westfield State 638

24. Fitchburg State 660

25. Rhode Island College 729

26. Norwich 791

27. Roger Williams 807

28. Gordon 891

29. Endicott 919

30. Salem State 991

31. Western New England 993

32. Johnson and Wales 1003

33. Clark 1011

34. Maine Maritime 1053

35. Lasell 1081

20. Christina Kane, 18:15

23. Kristina DePeau, 18:27

28. Leeann Rheaume, 18:30

41. Karen Roy, 18:52

60. Kate Klein, 19:17

77. Shannon Brennan, 19:35

83. Liz Brown, 19:39

2. Ryan Bak, 25:02

9. Jim Emord, 25;19

34. Jonathan Drappi, 26:06

45. James Sullivan, 26:21

60. Ryan Lerner, 26:36

99. Steven Coakley, 27:24

136. Geoff Long, 28:07