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      <description>McGowan set the pace for USMMA, blasting his previous NCAA Regional mark by 51 seconds.</description>
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      <title>Baxter and McGowan Named Second Team All-Conference</title>
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      <description>For the first time as a member of the Landmark Conference, Merchant Marine&#x2019;s men&#x2019;s cross country team boasts two All-Conference runners in the same season.</description>
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      <title>Shorthanded, Mariners Nab Highest ECAC Finish in Twelve Years</title>
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      <title>Mariners Nab Best-Ever Landmark Finish</title>
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      <description>Placing third and scoring 75 points, USMMA achieved their best-ever finish at Landmark Conference Championships.</description>
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      <title>XC Landmark Conference Championship Preview</title>
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      <title>Weldon Tabbed Landmark Conference Cross Country Athlete of the Week</title>
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      <description>Weldon's ninth place finish at NJIT earned him AotW honors.</description>
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      <title>Mariners Place First Overall at NJIT</title>
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      <description>John Weldon&#x2019;s personal best mark of 26:30 helped power Merchant Marine to victory</description>
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      <title>Mariners Compete Well at Paul Short Invitational</title>
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      <description>David McGowan leads the way for Merchant Marine running a life-time best 8K</description>
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      <title>Mariners Place Fourth, Crush D-III Competition</title>
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      <description>John Weldon led the way for Kings Point, placing 13th overall</description>
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      <title>Andrew Walsh Named Landmark Runner of the Week</title>
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      <description>Freshman Andrew Walsh (Granville, OH) was named male runner of the week by the Landmark Conference after propelling Merchant Marine to a decisive victory at the 2012 Purchase College Invitational.</description>
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      <description>USMMA finished in the first 12 places at Saturday&#x2019;s Purchase College Invitational; as they rolled to a first place finish and a perfect score.</description>
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      <title>Mariners Place Second at West Point Open</title>
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      <description>USMMA&#x2019;s men&#x2019;s cross country team opened their schedule Friday afternoon at the West Point Open hosted by the United States Military Academy.</description>
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      <description>The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's cross country team continued their season of improvement at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday.</description>
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      <description>The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy completed its penultimate race of the season on a beautiful course in the Berkshire mountains contesting the Eastern College Athletic Conference men's cross country championships on Saturday.</description>
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      <title>Swan endures snow en route to Mariner men's athlete of the week honors</title>
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      <description>KINGS POINT, N.Y. -- Senior Logan Swan, who paced all U.S. Merchant Marine runners at the Landmark Conference men&#x2019;s cross country championships on Saturday, was named Mariners men&#x2019;s athlete of the week.</description>
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      <description>U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men&#x2019;s head cross country Greg Lott has some modest goals at the Landmark Conference Championship this weekend: To get the Mariners&#x2019; program to finish as strong as last year if not better.</description>
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