RPI junior Grant O'Connor finished first to lead the Engineers to victory in the 16-school Saratoga Invitational at Saratoga Springs State Park. RPI registered 37 points to outdistance second place Bates (54 points), the 21st-ranked team in the nation. Grant defeated the 235-person field with a meet record time of 24:56.9, a 5:02 pace over the 8k course. He set the meet record by six seconds while finishing ahead of runner-up, who crossed in 25:30.3 - a 5:08 pace.