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Wednesday, May 9, 10:51 a.m.
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Men’s cross country wins 12-team meet, women 4th

The University of Maine men’s cross country team finished first with 67 points among 12 teams Saturday at a meet at Central Connecticut State University, giving the Black Bears their second win in as many weeks.

The women also had a strong showing, finishing fourth among 11 teams with 111 points.

Nolan Tobey was the top finisher for the men, coming in seventh overall with a time of 26:29.

Mike Lansing was 11th at 27:16 and Gerald Johnson was 14th, finishing in 27:26.

Eric Olafsen and Joshua Trevino rounded out the men’s scoring, coming in 17th and 18th respectively with times of 27:31 and 27:33.

Nicole Pelletier led the women, finishing eighth overall at 18:43 on the shorter women’s course. Teammate Vanessa Allen was right behind, coming in just one second behind Pelletier to take ninth place.