KEENE, N.H. - The 13th Annual New England Alliance Cross Country Championship turned out just as advertised at Keene State College's Owl Athletic Complex course on Saturday.

The host Owl women placed all five of its scorers in the top-10, tallying 20 points and capturing its 10th consecutive Little East Championship. Southern Maine was second with 44 points. 

Junior Allison Chamberlain (Scarborough, Me.) won the women's LEC individual championship and placed second overall with a time of 18:47. "I do better on hilly courses than I do on fast courses, so today wasn't my strongest performance," said Chamberlain. But the team did very well. We were trying to get all our top runners in before everyone else and we did that today."

A sea of KSC red followed Chamberlain to the line with sophomores Paige Mills (Keene, N.H.) and Andrea Walsh (Bolton, Conn.) placing second (19:03) and third (19:13) respectively. Junior Amy Knoblock (Plymouth, Mass.) who placed sixth (19:52) and freshman Maggie Fitter (Branford, Conn.), who placed eighth (20:11) round out the top finishes for Keene State.

Westfield State's Kerry Arcouca, a senior from Hanson, Mass., won the overall Alliance tile, completing the 5K course in a time of 18:41. "I got held back in the beginning, but was able to pull away at the mile and a half mark," said Arcouca. "There was a lot of good competition, so winning the race was very euphoric."