Complete Results

DELHI, N.Y.--Buoyed by three top-10 individual finishers, the Maine Maritime Academy men's cross country team was the runners-up in the 2024 North Atlantic Conference Championships conducted at the SUNY Delhi Golf Course on Saturday.

Maine Maritime scored 60 points to edge host SUNY-Delhi (81 points) and trailed only champion UMaine-Farmington (27). The Mariners' second-place finish matches their best since the second of back-to-back showings 2018 and 2019, and the highest under second-year head coach Bryan Wolf who has been with the program for eight years.

Leading MMA to its third top-two team placement this fall, three-time NAC Runner of the Week senior Ponce Saltysiak was second overall out of 74 individual entries with a clocking of 26 minutes and 53 seconds on the 8-kilometer course. William Spaulding proved why he was named the conference rookie of the week a NAC-best five times this season by crossing the finish line this afternoon as the top freshman with a 27:02 time. Junior Cooper Parlee came in ninth place in 27:21. That trio made the all-conference teams.

The Beavers also had the individual winner in Justin Castaldo in 26:02.

Sophomores Logan Serpico (30:24, 22nd) and Joey Valliere (31:03, 26th) also contributed to MMA's team score. In addition, freshman Caden Dussault (31:46, 32nd)) and senior Shail Leszkowicz (32:33, 34th) also scored points.

Both Saltysiak (3rd, 27:47.4), Serpico (40th, 32:24.8) and Leszkowicz (57th, 34:01.6) all improved on their performances from the 2023 NAC championships.
 
On the women's side, MMA didn't field a full team to score in the team standings. The Mariners, however, had three individuals who competed led by sophomore Sophie Sabet who led the way in 34th with a 6k time of 29:37. Junior Kylie Cantlon was 44th in 32:16, but she shaved off over 90 seconds from her time as a sophomore, and classmate Lillian Verrill (52nd, 40:51.0) also improved by five spots and about 5 minutes to 47th and 35:25.

SUNY-Delhi swept the women's team (36 points) and medalist (Amanda Intrieri, 22:39) crowns.

Men's First Team All-North Atlantic Conference
Justin Castaldo, UMaine-Farmington
Ponce Saltysiak, Maine Maritime Academy
William Spaulding, Maine Maritime Academy
Sam Lees, SUNY Delhi
James Riley, UMaine-Farmington
Connor Freeman, UMaine-Farmington
Andrew LaFlamme, UMaine-Farmington
Jimmy Real, UMaine-Farmington
 
Men's Second Team All-North Atlantic Conference
Cooper Parlee, Maine Maritime Academy 
Ethan Linscott, UMaine-Farmington
Nik Recore, SUNY Cobleskill 
Liam Cowdrey, SUNY Delhi 
David Hileman, Husson University 
Patrick McKenny, Thomas College
Eddie Bradley, SUNY Delhi