KEENE, N.H. – Sophomore Noah Francis (Bethlehem, N.H.) finished fourth to lead the Plymouth State University men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Little East Conference (LEC) Championship, hosted by Keene State at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.
 
Francis and senior Max Goodman (South Salem, N.Y.), who finished seventh, both earned All-LEC First Team honors, while junior Angelo DeLuca (Lynnfield, Mass.) earned Second Team recognition after posting a massive personal record by nearly 50 seconds to place eighth.
 
Juniors Ben Colby (Manchester, N.H.) and Cooper O'Neil (Millbury, Mass.), along with senior Luke Cloutier (Lyman, Maine), finished 19th, 20th, and 21st, respectively, as all five Panther point-scorers placed among the top 20.
 
The Panthers totaled 58 points, just behind Keene State's 52.
 
  
The Basics:

• LEC Championship (8k) – 2nd of 8 Teams

Team Results:

• Keene State (52), Plymouth State (58), Southern Maine (77), Eastern Connecticut (84), UMass Dartmouth (97), RIC (133), WestConn (207), UMass Boston (236)

Individual Results:  
Up Next:

• Plymouth State heads to the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship in two weeks (Nov. 15) at the Hopkinton Fair Grounds.