NAC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country All-Conference Teams Announced Following the NAC Cross Country Championships, the men's and women's all-conference teams have been selected. Runners scoring in the top seven earned first-team honors while the next seven for each gender earned second team accolades. Lyndon State freshman Craig Johnson became the first runner from an institution other than Maine-Farmington to win the event in six years. Johnson earned Runner of the Year and NAC Rookie of the Year after winning the NAC men's cross country championship race in a time of 29:03. Johnson’s Lyndon State teammate Lyndsey Calkins earned NAC Women’s Runner of the Year after winning the race in a time of 18:52. Maine-Farmington’s Melani St. Pierre finished third at the event to earn NAC Rookie of the Year, the fifth consecutive runner from Farmington to do so. In a vote of the conference coaches, Lyndon State’s Chris Ummer was honored as the NAC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and shared the Women’s Coach of the Year award with Maine-Farmington head coach Ryan Wagner. The Castleton women’s team earned the Team Sportsmanship Award and Lyndon State received recognition on the men's side. Men’s Cross Country All-Conference Teams First Team Craig Johnson Lyndon State Fr. Kel Cenga Maine-Farmington So. Matt Methot Maine Maritime Michael Farmer Lyndon State Lucas Miller Maine Maritime So. Jeremiah Powell Lyndon State Cam Betts Maine-Farmington Ty Thurlow Maine-Farmington Jr. Second Team Wildens Fils Lyndon State Evan Vashon Maine Maritime Jeffrey Paul Castleton Jr. Jonathan Preuss Johnson State Sr. Sean Fitzgerald Lyndon State Nicholas Grasso Castleton Jr. Cam Fecteau Maine-Farmington So. Runner of the Year Craig Johnson Lyndon State Fr. Rookie of the Year Craig Johnson Lyndon State Fr. Coach of the Year Chris Ummer Maine-Farmington Team Sportsmanship Award Lyndon State Women’s Cross Country All-Conference Teams First Team Lyndsey Calkins Lyndon State Maggie Klein Castleton Melani St. Pierre Maine-Farmington Fr. Emily Farley Maine-Farmington Jr. Rachel Sincebaugh Maine Maritime Jocelyn Plog Maine-Farmington Jr. Emily Weston Maine-Farmington Rebecca Cunningham Maine-Farmington Second Team Lauren Disessa Green Mountain Lindsay Rines Castleton Meagan Champagne Maine-Farmington Sage Small Castleton So. Allynne O’Hearn Lyndon State Nicole Horvath Green Mountain Colleen McNamera Johnson State Runner of the Year Lyndsey Calkins Lyndon State Rookie of the Year Melani St. Pierre Maine-Farmington Fr. Co-Coaches of the Year Chris Ummer Lyndon State Ryan Wagner Maine-Farmington Team Sportsmanship Award Castleton

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