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Dillon Labonte Running At 2024 National Cross Country Championship in Sacramento
Matt Obernesser

Labonte Runs at Nationals, Wins Elite 90 Award Saturday

SNHU junior with 4.0 GPA honored in Sacramento

When and Where: November 23, 2024– (Sacramento, Calif.) – Arcade Creek Cross Country Course

Junior Dillon Labonte (Lee, N.H.) earned a prestigious award after competing at his first NCAA Division II National Championship on Saturday.  

NOTES 
  • Labonte finished 227th in the race at 10k at 33:31.8.   He had a 5:23.7 per mile pace for the race contested in wet conditions.
  • Labonte earned his way into the National Championship field with a fourth-place finish at the East Region Championships two weeks ago in Rochester, N.Y.
  • Following the race, Labonte was awarded the NCAA Elite 90 award, which goes to the athlete with the highest grade point average at the NCAA Championship.
  • The Electrical Engineering and Math major has a 4.0 GPA.
  • Labonte had also earned the prestigious NE10 Elite 24 award for the top grade point average among athletes competing at the Conference Championship.
UP NEXT
  • The SNHU Men's Cross Country season is now complete.
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