University of Maine graduate student Luke Marsanskis from Cumberland finished 97th among 255 runners at the NCAA Division I cross country championships in Verona, Wisconsin, on Saturday morning.
He posted a time of 29:54.1 over the 10K course which was third best among the eight runners from New England schools.
The other seven were from Harvard University including Graham Blanks, who won it for the second straight year. His teammate, Shane Brosnan, finished 57th but the other five finished 158th or lower.
Harvard finished 27th among the 31 teams.
Marsanskis was the first UMaine runner to qualify for the cross country nationals since Kelton Cullenberg in 2013. Cullenberg finished 126th.
Marsanskis became the first UMaine runner since 2016 to win the America East championship, finishing the 8K course in Vermont in 23:51.8. He then went on to register a seventh-place showing at the 10K Northeast Regional in 30:07.5.
