With the cross country season also beginning soon for colleges in the state, let's take a look at who were the best collegiate mens programs in the state on Maine last fall using the XC team scores feature for 2017 season times at the 8K distance.
Now is a time when current high school seniors are starting to plan out their college visits and schools may be interested in attending, so below is a good guide at the top times run most recently on each college cross country team within the state of Maine.
For division three teams which make up the bulk of this list. In the New England Championship Bates finished 5th followed by Bowdoin 9th, University of Southern Maine 10th and Colby 15th.
| 1 | Bates College (ME) | 48 | ||
| 1) Zach Magin | 25:40.30 | 4 | ||
| 2) Ben Tonelli | 25:50.80 | 7 | ||
| 3) Ryan Betz | 25:58.00 | 11 | ||
| 4) Matthew Morris | 26:00.90 | 12 | ||
| 5) Justin Levine | 26:02.80 | 14 | ||
| Average Time: 25:54.56 Total Time: 2:09:32.80 1-5 Split: 22.50 | ||||
| 6) Stephen Rowe | 26:09.40 | 17 | ||
| 7) Henry Colt | 26:11.00 | 18 | ||
| 2 | University of Maine (ME) | 50 | ||
| 1) Aaron Willingham | 25:16.50 | 2 | ||
| 2) Jacob Terry | 25:53.50 | 9 | ||
| 3) Josh Horne | 25:54.90 | 10 | ||
| 4) Dan Lesko | 26:01.20 | 13 | ||
| 5) Simon Powhida | 26:05.00 | 16 | ||
| Average Time: 25:50.22 Total Time: 2:09:11.10 1-5 Split: 48.50 | ||||
| 6) John Hassett | 26:24.30 | 21 | ||
| 7) Logan Moses | 26:35.60 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Bowdoin College (ME) | 76 | ||
| 1) Ben Torda | 25:08.80 | 1 | ||
| 2) Sean Macdonald | 25:42.70 | 5 | ||
| 3) Naphtali Moulton | 26:16.30 | 19 | ||
| 4) Andrew McGowan | 26:35.70 | 25 | ||
| 5) Connor Rocket | 26:38.10 | 26 | ||
| Average Time: 26:04.32 Total Time: 2:10:21.60 1-5 Split: 1:29.30 | ||||
| 6) Luca Ostertag-Hill | 27:05.50 | 32 | ||
| 7) Demeke Dessie | 27:09.90 | 34 | ||
| 4 | Colby College (ME) | 90 | ||
| 1) Benard Kibet | 25:35.10 | 3 | ||
| 2) Emmanuel Cheruiyot | 25:43.70 | 6 | ||
| 3) Noel Feeney | 26:02.90 | 15 | ||
| 4) Tommy Griffith | 26:53.60 | 29 | ||
| 5) Josiah Johnson | 27:22.60 | 37 | ||
| Average Time: 26:19.58 Total Time: 2:11:37.90 1-5 Split: 1:47.50 | ||||
| 6) Liam Mcdonough | 27:37.00 | 39 | ||
| 7) Robert Dettmann | 28:39.00 | 44 | ||
| 5 | University of Southern Maine (ME) | 108 | ||
| 1) Chandler Vincent | 25:52.30 | 8 | ||
| 2) Cameron Meier | 26:28.40 | 22 | ||
| 3) Ben Foster | 26:34.30 | 23 | ||
| 4) Zachariah Hoyle | 26:46.80 | 27 | ||
| 5) Michael Aboud | 26:52.90 | 28 | ||
| Average Time: 26:30.94 Total Time: 2:12:34.70 1-5 Split: 1:00.60 | ||||
| 6) Harriman Nick | 26:55.00 | 30 | ||
| 7) Masho Gebremikael | 26:56.80 | 31 | ||
| 6 | University of Maine at Farmington (ME) | 212 | ||
| 1) Jeremiah Sands | 26:21.30 | 20 | ||
| 2) Robbie Hollis | 27:10.90 | 36 | ||
| 3) Jason Labbe | 29:05.60 | 49 | ||
| 4) David Doering | 29:15.10 | 51 | ||
| 5) Jordan Fried | 29:57.10 | 56 | ||
| Average Time: 28:22.00 Total Time: 2:21:50.00 1-5 Split: 3:35.80 | ||||
| 6) Cory Mccullough | 31:05.80 | 64 | ||
| 7) Connor Marland | 31:38.90 | 71 | ||
| 7 | University of New England (ME) | 222 | ||
| 1) Ben Wright | 27:33.80 | 38 | ||
| 2) Donovan Duffy | 27:42.80 | 40 | ||
| 3) Matthew Toussaint | 27:50.60 | 41 | ||
| 4) Caleb Pulliam | 29:06.10 | 50 | ||
| 5) Jon Zalman | 29:34.90 | 53 | ||
| Average Time: 28:21.64 Total Time: 2:21:48.20 1-5 Split: 2:01.10 | ||||
| 6) Alec Walker | 29:35.00 | 54 | ||
| 7) Zachary Benoit | 29:47.20 | 55 | ||
| 8 | Maine Martime Academy (ME) | 248 | ||
| 1) Zak Kinsman | 28:12.90 | 42 | ||
| 2) Brandon Goud | 28:41.90 | 45 | ||
| 3) Cole Brundige | 29:03.70 | 48 | ||
| 4) Aylen Wolf | 29:16.20 | 52 | ||
| 5) Alex Wicks | 30:55.00 | 61 | ||
| Average Time: 29:13.94 Total Time: 2:26:09.70 1-5 Split: 2:42.10 | ||||
| 6) Sam Sewall | 30:59.70 | 62 | ||
| 7) Keenan Martin | 30:59.80 | 63 | ||
| 9 | Husson University (ME) | 267 | ||
| 1) Zach Hartman | 27:10.80 | 35 | ||
| 2) Joseph Gay | 28:31.50 | 43 | ||
| 3) Chris Pomerleau | 28:47.30 | 46 | ||
| 4) Patrick Welch | 31:35.80 | 70 | ||
| 5) Jacob West | 31:55.30 | 73 | ||
| Average Time: 29:36.14 Total Time: 2:28:00.70 1-5 Split: 4:44.50 | ||||
| 6) Derek Hawes | 32:14.50 | 76 | ||
| 7) Adam Hitchcock | 35:03.60 | 85 | ||
| 10 | St. Joseph's College of Maine (ME) | 281 | ||
| 1) Lucas Fisher | 28:55.10 | 47 | ||
| 2) Brandon Whitlock | 30:18.90 | 57 | ||
| 3) Jacob Boissonnault | 30:26.90 | 58 | ||
| 4) Ben Plante | 30:47.20 | 59 | ||
| 5) Jd Ndayishimiye | 30:51.70 | 60 | ||
| Average Time: 30:15.96 Total Time: 2:31:19.80 1-5 Split: 1:56.60 | ||||
| 6) Connor Rice | 31:26.80 | 69 | ||
| 7) Kevin Mcwilliams | 32:03.90 | 75 | ||
| 11 | Thomas College (ME) | 345 | ||
| 1) Jarrod Ottman | 27:06.30 | 33 | ||
| 2) Sam Traynor | 31:05.80 | 65 | ||
| 3) Dillon Sullivan | 33:02.00 | 79 | ||
| 4) Tito Naranja | 33:22.50 | 81 | ||
| 5) Jasen Dickey | 39:30.00 | 87 | ||
| Average Time: 32:49.32 Total Time: 2:44:06.60 1-5 Split: 12:23.70 | ||||
| 6) Trent Labbe | 40:16.60 | 88 | ||
| 12 | University of Maine Presque Isle (ME) | 359 | ||
| 1) Jesse Gonzalez | 31:14.70 | 66 | ||
| 2) Connor Hrynuk | 31:19.00 | 67 | ||
| 3) Kyle Davis | 31:23.70 | 68 | ||
| 4) Saul Nunez | 32:33.50 | 78 | ||
| 5) Andrew Hunt | 33:02.80 | 80 | ||
| Average Time: 31:54.74 Total Time: 2:39:33.70 1-5 Split: 1:48.10 | ||||
| 6) Danny Gillotti | 34:02.60 | 83 | ||
| 13 | U MAINE Augusta (ME) | 389 | ||
| 1) Sam Gerken | 31:46.60 | 72 | ||
| 2) Samuel Gerlsen | 31:58.50 | 74 | ||
| 3) Dustin Simpson-bragg | 32:27.60 | 77 | ||
| 4) Shev Williams-hardy | 33:58.00 | 82 | ||
| 5) Walker Thomas | 34:57.40 | 84 | ||
| Average Time: 33:01.62 Total Time: 2:45:08.10 1-5 Split: 3:10.80 | ||||
| 6) Caleb Fortin | 36:08.90 | 86 | ||
| 7) Adam Bohlen | 40:25.80 | 89 | ||