WESTFIELD, Mass. — The Bowdoin College men’s cross country team earned its highest finish at the Open New England Championship in over a half-century by placing sixth at the All-Division meet on Sunday at Westfield State.

The Polar Bear men were sixth out of 37 teams, their highest showing since the 1940s, while junior Coby Horowitz took sixth individually to earn the best showing by a Polar Bear since 1981. The women’s team finished 23rd out of 37 teams in the competition.

Horowitz was the top Division III finisher, covering the 8K track in 24:34.43 to earn All-New England recognition. It is the top showing for a Polar Bear since Doug Ingersoll in 1981.

Sam Seekins also claimed All-New England honors with a 19th-place finish in 24:57.51. Nicolas Saba took 46th (25:21.63), Greg Talpey grabbed 70th (25:36.24), James Boeding placed 90th (25:52.07) and Kevin Hoose finished 91st (25:52.39) to round out the top Polar Bear finishers. The men’s team was second-best among Division III schools at the meet, defeating dozens of Division I and II programs.

On the women’s side, Bowdoin also beat several Division I programs as the team averaged 19:05 over the 5K course.

Olivia MacKenzie was the top finisher in 18:43.03 to take 82nd place. Madelena Rizzo was 98th in 18:55.89, Brianna Malanga was 100th in 18:56.57, Lucy Skinner took 128th in 19:16.85 and Maggie Bryan finished 136th in 19:21.10 to close out the scorers for the Polar Bears.

Bowdoin will look to continue its momentum next Saturday when it competes at the Maine State Meet hosted by Southern Maine.

Men’s tennis

Casey Grindon won the top singles bracket to lead a Bowdoin College sweep of singles flights at the Wallach Men’s Tennis Invitational hosted by Bates last weekend.

The tournament was the final fall appearance for the Polar Bears, who will begin dual match play when the spring season begins in March.

Grindon led an outstanding effort that included a win by Kyle Wolstencroft in B-flight singles and a victory by Chase Savage in C-flight singles. Luke Trinka and Savage combined to finish as a runner up in B-flight doubles.

Grindon was dominant, losing just one set in four matches en route to the title. Seeded fourth in the bracket, he rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat Jugal Marfatia of Trinity in the semifinals, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9, and then easily handled Carlos de Bracamonte of Amherst, 6-2, 6-3 in the title match.

Wolstencroft survived a pair of early three-set scares in the opening rounds before bouncing Alan Jackson of Middlebury 7-5, 6-1 in the semifinals and dominating Aaron Seigel of Trinity 6-1, 6- 0 in the final.

Savage took a similar route, using a pair of three-set wins to advance to the semifinals where he dispatched Tufts’ Austin Blau 6-4, 6-3 and defeated Eli Mlaver in the final, 7-5, 6-0.

He also teamed with Luke Trinka to win three matches and advance to the semifinals of the B-flight doubles bracket.

Men’s golf

Dusty Biron shot a 79 to earn medalist honors, leading Bowdoin College to first place in the CBB (Colby-Bates-Bowdoin) Tournament on Saturday at Martindale Country Club.

The Polar Bears’ five-man score of 405 topped runner-up and host Bates (421), while Colby finished at 437.

Other Bowdoin golfers were Matt Mathias (82) and Johnny Bohorquez (82).