KEENE, N.H. - The Plymouth State University men’s cross country team won its Little East Conference (LEC) title in as many years Saturday afternoon at the Owl Athletic Complex, recording a team score of 34 points.
 
Plymouth State’s Mike Olson also repeated as LEC champion, as he once again took home the gold medal with his winning 8K time of 25:18.7. He led a one-two finish for the Panthers, as Jacob Gallaher placed second overall in 25:57.6. Both earned First Team all-LEC honors, as did PSU’s Dylan Flewelling for his fourth-place time of 26:37.0.
 
The Panthers also had a pair of Second Team all-LEC performers in Cooper O’Neill and Connor Wilcox. The placed 13th and 14th with respective times of 27:09.6 and 27:10.2.
 
Southern Maine (64 points) edged out UMass Dartmouth (66 points) for runner-up in the team standings. Jordan Duplessie (26:43.3) edged out teammate Cody Mathewson (26:43.6) by three-tenths of a second for fifth-place; both earned First Team all-Conference for placing in the top-seven. USM’s Jack Pecoraro finished 11th in 27:03.4 to earn Second Team honors.
 
Jacob Paris led the Corsairs with his third-place time of 26:09.4, while Benjamin Davignon placed eight in 26:51.3 to earned Second Team all-LEC. Also earning First Team all-LEC was Eastern Connecticut’s Jake Haddad (7th, 26:47.0), while Keene State’s Griffin Urnezis (9th, 26:52.6) and Tyler Bolaske (12th, 27:03.9), and Vermont State Castleton’s Jon Hendley (10th, 26:53.0) turned in Second Team all-LEC performances.
 
The LEC’s cross country teams will be back in action in November 11th with they compete at their respective NCAA Division III Regional Championships.
 
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Plymouth State - 34
2. Southern Maine - 64
3. UMass Dartmouth - 66
4. Keene State - 113
5. Eastern Connecticut - 119
6. Rhode Island College - 181
7. VTSU Castleton - 194
8. UMass Boston - 213
NTS - Western Connecticut