FREDERICK, Md. -- The Howard Community College cross country program made the short trip to Utica Park on Saturday to complete in the Hood College Invitational, as the men placed fift and the women seventh out of fourteen colleges.

The Dragons were the top community college in the field.

Corey Young continued to lead the Dragon men placing 15^th with a time of 27:23 for the five mile race.

He was followed by Abraham Samuel 31^st/28:09, Ryan Clocker 37^th/28:25, Scott Camp 39^th/28:34, Garrett Birsa 50^th/28:56, Nick Miguelino 88^th/31:50 and Andrew Kastner 95^th/32:25.

Abbey Starks placed 15^th in the women's 6K with a time of 24:51.

She was closely followed by Amani Jones 18^th/25:10, Brenda Rosas 32^nd/25:49, Brittany Nixon 94^th/30:47 and Kirsten Murrill 99^th/31:13.

"Overall all, it was a pretty good day for the programs," said coach Steve Musselman. "All the students were very competitive and we saw some positive improvements."

The program will travel to Lake Fairfax Regional Park this Saturday to compete at the NJCAA Region XX/Maryland JUCO Championships.

Women will race at 10:00 a.m. and the men at 11:00 a.m.

The Dragons' men are the defending NJCAA Region XX and Maryland JUCO champions.