MT. MORRIS, N.Y. – Sophomore Jason Flach was the top finisher for the Plattsburgh State men's cross country team as the Cardinals ran to a 27th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regionals on Saturday afternoon at Letchworth State Park.
 
Collecting 737 points on the afternoon, Plattsburgh State checked in at 27^th place among the 39 competing teams.
 
Taking home the team title was SUNY Cortland, which boasted all five of their point-producing runners in the top 15. The 37 points accumulated by the Red Dragons beat out the remaining top-five institutions NYU (62 points), SUNY Geneseo (103 points), St. Lawrence (118 points) and RPI (148 points).
 
Relying on the experience he picked up at the regional race last season, Flach was the first Plattsburgh State student-athlete to cross the finish line. Flach turned in a time of 27:07.8 along the eight-kilometer course, good for 109^th place.
 
Fellow sophomore Zach Rose grabbed a 132^nd-place finish by traveling along the course in a time of 27:33.6. Continuing his trend of strong races late in the season, freshman Michael Larkin was the third Cardinal competitor to finish, taking 145^th place with a time of 27:46.4.
 
Rounding out the group of top-200 finishers for the Cardinals were freshmen Louis Castellani (176^th, 28:26.5) and Ethan Vinson (187^th, 28:44.2). Additionally, Castellani and Vinson were the final two members of the Plattsburgh State squad to pick up team points.
 
Brendan Connor narrowly missed out on a top-200 finish, placing 201^st in a time of 29:01.5. Joseph Nichols was the final Plattsburgh State runner to cross the line in the 275-man race. The freshman finished in a time of 29:30.6 (211^th place). 

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