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Jasud, Gomes Finish One-Two at LEC-Alliance Championships

Men's College Cross Country

November 1, 2008

WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Junior Tyler Jasud (Rumford, Maine/Mountain Valley) and freshman Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.) finished one-two to pace the University of Southern Maine men’s cross country team to a second place finish at the 2008 New England Alliance and Little East Conference Championships run Saturday at Stanley Park in Westfield, Mass.

Southern Maine battled nationally-ranked Keene State College for the team titles, but Keene State’s depth proved decisive for a 12-point victory in the Alliance race, and an eight-point margin in the Little East scoring.
 

This is the second straight year that a USM runner has won the race. Jasud follows in the foot steps of Nick Wheeler and Curtis Wheeler who were co-champions last year. Jasud covered the 8,000-meter course in a time of 25 minutes, 41.87 seconds. Gomes was less than three seconds behind, finishing in 25:44.79.
 

Junior Justin Richardson (Turner, Maine/St. Dominic) was the third USM runner to cross the line, coming in seventh overall with a time of 26:00.48. Senior Nick Downing (Winthrop, Maine) was 14th overall in 26:33.14, and freshman Tim Even (Stoneham, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) was 22nd in 26:54.63. Jasud, Gomes, Richardson and Downing all earned All-New England Alliance honors (top 20). Jasud, Gomes and Richardson also picked up All-LEC honors (top seven).
 

Keene State captured the Alliance title with a score of 32 points followed by Southern Maine with 44. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was third with 100 points. Fitchburg State College and host Westfield State College finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with 129 and 149 points. Keene State edge out Southern Maine, 27-35, in the Little East scoring with UMass Dartmouth third with 75 points.
 

The New England Alliance race includes schools from the Little East Conference (LEC) and the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC). Each conference also scores a conference champion from the race.

Southern Maine will travel to Rhode Island next weekend to participate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championship being held at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I..

For complete New England Alliance and Little East Conference results, go to
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athletics/Men’s_Cross_Country/mxc_results.html
and click on the appropriate link.
 

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