BETHANY, W.Va. -- Point Park men's cross country finished in second place at the Mountain East Conference Championships on Saturday. Luke McKenna finished in fifth place in the race, earning All-MEC First Team honors.
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Point Park finished with 71 points - 28 better than third-place Davis & Elkins. The Pioneers finished second only to Charleston, which featured six runners in the top 10.
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McKenna, who was named the Moe's Southwest Grill Men's Pioneer Athlete of the Month on Oct. 12, finished in fifth place to take home an All-MEC First Team award. McKenna turned in a time of 25:19.8 in the 8K race.
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Ari Snyder finished in 11th place with his time of 25:45.7. Snyder was one of three Pioneers to finish in the top 20 and earn All-MEC Second Team nods, with Chase Bowen (26:00.2) taking 16th and Albin Petschauer (26:12.0) finishing in 20th.Â
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Elijah Bechdel and Pedro Lemos rounded out the top five for Point Park. Snyder, Bowen, Petschauer and Bechdel, who finished in 21st place at 26:15.0, all garnered All-MEC Second Team nods. Lemos finished in 25th place with his time of 26:26.9.
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Charleston took first place as a team, and Golden Eagles Matthew Meli, Kelvin Kipchumba and Mohamed Ensaad claimed the podium spots.