Springfield, Mass. – Both the Clark men's and women's cross country teams had their best performance to date under new head coach Brian Burlas with a pair of top five finishes at the Western New England College Invitational on Saturday morning.

Junior Isabel Burgess (Cumberland Foreside, Maine) anchored the women's team's second place finish with her seventh place showing and freshman Robert Gammell (Mattapoisett, Mass.) had his best collegiate outing with a fifth place finish in leading the Cougars to a third place result.

On the women's side, Burgess, may have been Clark's top finisher but both sophomore Erika Roth (Saco, Maine) and senior Heather Goodale (Middletown, Conn.) were in the top ten, posting ninth and tenth place finishes respectively.

The men, meanwhile had Robert Naughton (Holliston, Mass.) right on Gammell's heels with a sixth place turnout and freshman Kiefer Boguhn (Bath, Maine) had a 27 th place showing to finish as Clark's third finisher.

Endicott took home the women's title and host Western New England claimed the men's crown.

Each team's performance bodes well for the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Championships which is being hosted by Clark at Moore State Park in two weeks.