PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Little East Conference announced its 2024 Men's Cross Country award recipients Thursday morning. Keene State College fifth-year senior Jake Velazquez was named the 2024 LEC Runner of the Year after winning the individual conference title with a time of 24:25.77.
 
Keene State College, led by head coach Dan Roark and assistant coach Tyler Klockars, were named the 2024 LEC Coaching Staff of the Year following a vote of the league's head coaches after the race. They guided the Owls to their LEC-record 16th conference championship, their first since 2015.
 
Eastern Connecticut State University freshman Sam Ambrocio was named the 2024 LEC Rookie of the Year as the top performing rookie runner at the conference meet. He placed eighth overall with his time of 26:20.14.
 
The 2024 All-Little East Conference honorees are below, listed by institution. The top-seven finishers at the conference championship earn First Team All-LEC honors, while the 8th through 14th-place finishers are named Second Team All-LEC.
 
First Team All-LEC
Michael Parzych - Eastern Connecticut
Tyler Bolaske - Keene State
Griffin Urnezis - Keene State
Jake Velazquez - Keene State
Cameron Thompson - UMass Dartmouth
Dylan Flewelling - Plymouth State
Connor Wilcox - Plymouth State
 
Second Team All-LEC
Zachary D'Andrea - Eastern Connecticut
Sam Ambrocio - Eastern Connecticut
Ben Tetu - Keene State
Jacob Paris - UMass Dartmouth
Luke Cloutier - Plymouth State
Max Goodman - Plymouth State
Jack Pecoraro - Southern Maine