State of Maine Championship Meet, hosted by the Univ. of Southern Maine
at Beech Ridge Course, Portland, Maine

Rank School                  Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7
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   1 BATES COLLEGE              35    1    4    5   12   13   16   21
   2 BOWDOIN COLLEGE            38    2    3    7   11   15   17   22
   3 U SOUTHERN MAINE           62    6    9   10   18   19   26   27
   4 U MAINE PRESQUE ISLE      109    8   20   23   25   33   34   40
   5 COLBY COLLEGE             140   14   28   31   32   35   37   38
   6 UNITY COLLEGE             180   24   30   39   43   44   46
   7 U MAINE FARMINGTON        193   29   36   41   42   45

TOP 25 FINISHERS
 PL ATHLETE NAME              SCHOOL           TIME     SCORE
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  1 Danahy, Michael           BATES COLLEG     26:22.80     1
  2 Allison, Stephen          BOWDOIN COLL     26:47.50     2
  3 Duyan, Peter              BOWDOIN COLL     26:55.00     3
  4 Twiest, Matt              BATES COLLEG     27:13.30     4
  5 McGrath, John             BATES COLLEG     27:49.00     5
  6 Veilleux, Derek           U SOUTHERN M     27:59.00     6
  7 Johnson, Ryan             BOWDOIN COLL     28:07.60     7
  8 Graves, Evan              U MAINE PRES     28:12.00     8
  9 Bickford, Emery           U SOUTHERN M     28:14.40     9
 10 Johnson, Paul             U SOUTHERN M     28:24.50    10
 11 Gulotta, Daniel           BOWDOIN COLL     28:27.60    11
 12 Easter, Justin            BATES COLLEG     28:28.80    12
 13 Hahesy, Brendan           BATES COLLEG     28:36.60    13
 14 Gavin, Brendan            COLBY COLLEG     28:40.10    14
 15 Forsgren, Todd            BOWDOIN COLL     28:44.00    15
 16 Lupo, Chris               BATES COLLEG     28:46.60    16
 17 Moore, Alexander          BOWDOIN COLL     28:55.60    17
 18 LeBlanc, Marc             U SOUTHERN M     29:02.10    18
 19 Reny, Lonnie              U SOUTHERN M     29:05.70    19
 20 Berry, Shawn              U MAINE PRES     29:07.10    20
 21 Gray, Malcolm             BATES COLLEG     29:11.80    21
 22 Barbuto, Scott            BOWDOIN COLL     29:13.10    22
 23 Sherman, Richard          BOWDOIN COLL     29:13.80
 24 Waugh, Mike               U MAINE PRES     29:21.90    23
 25 Hayford, Jim              UNITY COLLEG     29:23.40    24

OTHER BATES FINISHERS
 26 Tisch, Jesse              BATES COLLEG     29:25.20
 28 Balicki, Scott            BATES COLLEG     29:29.00
 29 Mague, Steve              BATES COLLEG     29:32.30
 37 Payson, Matt              BATES COLLEG     29:50.30
 41 Knackmuhs, Eric           BATES COLLEG     29:57.80
 46 Bruce, Ben                BATES COLLEG     30:10.30
 57 Huynh, Trung              BATES COLLEG     30:49.30
 64 Prigodich, Andrew         BATES COLLEG     31:25.90
 67 Deschmeier, Kurt          BATES COLLEG     31:34.90
 72 Pagnotta, Justin          BATES COLLEG     31:59.90
 77 Haber, Albert             BATES COLLEG     33:14.10
 93 Emory, Trevor             BATES COLLEG     36:07.60
 96 Lau, Chris                BATES COLLEG     38:21.50

PORTLAND, Maine -- The Bates College men's cross country team won their fourth straight State of Maine championship, narrowly defeated CBB rivals Bowdoin, 35-38, for the crown.

The Bobcats also produced the individual champion for the fourth year in a row, as senior Mike Danahy (So. Windsor, Conn.) became the sixth man and third Bates runner to win back-to-back State titles, finishing 25 seconds ahead of the next competitor. Danahy's classmates Matt Twiest (Albuquerque, N.M.) and John McGrath (Merrimack, N.H.) also earned All-Maine status with their fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively. First-year runner Justin Easter (Jay, Maine), competing in his first competition since the opening meet of the season, took 12th place. Senior Brendan Hahesy (Melrose, Mass.) was right behind Easter in 13th, eight seconds and two places ahead of Bowdoin's fifth runner, clinching the meet victory for the Bobcats. Bates' fourth straight team title is one shy of the record, also set by the Bobcats from 1973-77.