KEENE, N.H. – Senior Dylan Flewelling (Oakland, Maine) and junior Luke Cloutier (Lyman, Maine) spearheaded the Plymouth State University men's cross country team to a second place finish in the season debut 5k race at the Keene State Alumni Meet at the Keene State Athletic Complex on Saturday morning.
 
The Panthers are coming off impressive back-to-back runs as the Little East Conference (LEC) champions with hopes to make it a three-peat. The team got out to a promising start with many well-improved returners along with some newcomers to get into the mix for the top-scoring seven.
 
Flewelling and Cloutier dropped impeccable times to garner fifth and sixth place individual finishes. Flewelling cut off almost a full minute from his cross country 5k personal best to finish in 15:50.10, while Cloutier slashed over a minute off his best mark to cross the line in 15:51.30.
 
Junior Max Goodman (South Salem, N.Y.), coming off a bounce-back track season, found himself in eighth after clearing the 16-minute mark with a time of 15:59.60.
 
Plymouth State took second as a team, finishing right behind LEC rivals Keene State but well ahead of the next best team by nearly 20 points.
 
 
The Basics:

• Keene State Alumni Meet – 2nd of 7 Teams

Team Scores:

• Keene State (36), Plymouth State (43), Alumni (61), Westfield State (80), Framingham State (167), UMass Boston (182), Worcester State (185)

How it Happened:

• Flewelling and Cloutier led the Panthers with fifth and sixth place showings in 15:50.10 and 15:51.30.
• Goodman was close behind in eighth, crossing the line in 15:59.60.
• The trio of senior Connor Wilcox (Colchester, Conn.) and sophomores Andre Bailin (Amesbury, Mass.) and Angelo DeLuca (Lynnfield, Mass.) nabbed spots in the top-15 with Wilcox and Bailin running 16:14.70 and 16:43.60. DeLuca was just shy of the sub-17-minute mark at 17:02.90.
• Senior Brayden White (Whitefield, N.H.) closed out PSU's top seven, finishing in a time of 17:25.20 in his cross country debut.

Up Next:

• The Panthers travel to Manchester, N.H. for the Shacklette Invitational hosted by Saint Anselm College next Saturday (Sept. 7). The men's 8k race starts at 11:00 a.m.