BOSTON, Mass. – Junior Connor Wilcox (Colchester, Conn.) helmed the Plymouth State University men's cross country team, helping the Panthers to a sixth place finish at the Suffolk Invitational in Franklin Park on Saturday.
 
Wilcox got out aggressively with the front pack to start with a 4:39 1.5k split before crossing the line in 33rd out of 274 runners in a season-best time of 26:42.8.
 
The Panthers took sixth overall, competing without their top three runners, marking the fifth consecutive top-eight team finish while only falling behind on Little East Conference (LEC) competitor in UMass Dartmouth and outpacing rivals Southern Maine, Keene State and East Region foe Suffolk.
 
The Basics:

• Suffolk Invitational – 6th of 24 Teams

Notable Team Scores:

• Colby (1st – 38 points), UMass Lowell (2nd – 94), Bowdoin (3rd – 112), UMass Dartmouth (4th – 158), UMaine Farmington (5th – 180), Plymouth State (6th – 224), Southern Maine (7th – 225), Suffolk (8th – 255), Keene State (12th – 158)

How it Happened:

• Wilcox got out fast to take a top-35 finish in a season-best time of 26:42.8.
• Junior Dylan Flewelling (Oakland, Maine) was right behind him with a season best time of 26:49.2.
• The freshman duo of Carson Jones (Lebanon, N.H.) and Cooper O'Neil (Millbury, Mass.) took places within the top-65 in times of 27:28.6 and 27:30.3, respectively.
• Sophomore Jackson Diglio (Goshen, N.Y.) ran a season-best time of 27:38.6, while classmate Luke Cloutier (Waterboro, Maine) was right on his heels with a time of 27:40.6.
• Sophomore Dan Daschbach-Eaton (Exeter, N.H.) and graduate student Colin Moar (Annandale, Va.) capped off the day for the Panthers' top-seven with times of 27:48.5 and 27:51.3.

 
Up Next:

• Plymouth State takes a week off before the Little East Conference Championship at Keene State on Oct. 28.