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Jasud, Gomes Sweep LEC Weekly Awards
Men’s College Cross Country

November 17, 2008

GORHAM, Maine -- For the fourth time this season, the University of Southern Maine men’s cross country team has swept the weekly Little East Conference awards that were announced Monday afternoon.

Junior Tyler Jasud (Rumford, Maine/Mountain Valley) was named the Male Runner of the Week and freshman Alex Gomes (Peabody, Mass.) was selected as the Male Rookie of the Week in recognition of their outstanding performances at the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship meet last Saturday. The duo had previously swept the weekly awards on September 22, October 20 and November 3. Overall, each has won their respective award six times this fall.
 

Jasud came across the finish line in 11th place among the 331 finishers at the regional qualifier after completing the eight-kilometer course in 26 minutes, 32.4 seconds, followed by Gomes in 16th place with a time of 26:39.1. Both received All-New England recognition for placing among the top 35 finishers.

Jasud and Gomes were among the 56 individual qualifiers announced yesterday for this coming Saturday’s NCAA Division III National Championship race hosted by Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. This is the first time in the history of the USM men’s cross country program that more than one competitor has qualified for the NCAA national championship race. The past two years, former standout Curtis Wheeler represented the Huskies at the national championship race. The only other individual to qualify was Joey Luchini during his freshman season in 1997.
 

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