Terrier Twelve - #7: Luevano Captures PL Title in Stellar Cross Country Campaign

For the 11th straight year, GoTerriers.com will once again count down the top 12 achievements of Boston University teams and student-athletes from the previous year. Check back each Tuesday and Friday as we reveal this year's Terrier Twelve.

Coming in at No. 7 in this year's Terrier Twelve is Paul Luevano's stellar cross country season. Luevano captured the Patriot League individual title and qualified for the NCAA Championships, leading a resurgence of the men's cross country program.

Luevano posted four top-10 and three top-five finishes in 2017, including a runaway victory at the Patriot League Championship. He was the first Terrier male since 2003 to capture a cross country crown, besting the second-place harrier by 15 seconds. He then earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for the second straight season after a fifth-place performance at the NCAA Northeast Regional, which earned him a spot in the NCAA Championship field.

In addition to Luevano's outstanding season, the Terriers were consistently one of the strongest programs in the Northeast. They finished third at the Patriot League Championship and followed that with a sixth-place finish in the 37-team field at the NCAA Northeast Regional, just 10 points back of the third-place squad. It was their best performance at the NCAA Northeast Regional since they were seventh in 2010.

Junior Alexander Seal was a big part of that impressive performance in Buffalo. Seal joined Luevano as a USTFCCCA All-Region selection thanks to his 19th-place finish and was also named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. Seal finished the year with four top-20 and two top-10 efforts.

As a team, the Terriers posted four top-10 finishes and finished in the top half of the field in all but one race. At the Battle of Beantown, BU was one of just three teams to place two runners in the top 10.

BU will be in line for another strong season in 2018, as four of their five scorers from both the Patriot League Championship and the NCAA Northeast Regional will return. In addition, the Terriers will also have Brett Davidson back for his junior season after he missed both of those races. Davidson was the Terriers' third-fastest runner at both the season-opening Minuteman Invitational as well as the Battle of Beantown.

2017-18 Terrier Twelve

#8: Student-Athletes Fuel Another Record-Breaking Giving Day
#9: Gray Shines in Debut Season; Terriers Pull Off Top-10 Upset
#10: Victoria Bach Rewrites the Women's Hockey Record Book
#11: Anderson's Standout Women's Swimming & Diving Senior Season
#12: Women's Soccer Standouts

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