May 28, 1084 ~ THE INN RACE. 11 a.m. 5K in Caribou. Contact: Nancy Jackson
Paul Plissey (1983) starred in cross-country and track at Presque Isle, winning a cross-country state championship as a senior as well as three Eastern Maine titles and a 5,000-meter state crown in track.
He also finished second in the 15-16 age division of the 1981 AAU national cross-country championships and later during his career placed seventh in the 17-18 age group at the AAU Junior Olympic national championships.
Plissey went on to compete as a scholarship athlete at Boston College, where he captained the school’s cross-country team. A knee injury during his junior year ended his running career.
Plissey has had a successful career as a singer/songwriter and folk musician, releasing 17 albums and winning 14 Boston Music Awards.
Paul Plissey?? – 1983
Plissey, a 1983 graduate, was a standout in both cross country and track and field, lettering in both sports all four years. ?? He won a state championship in cross country as a senior and also collected three Eastern Maine titles during his career. ?? He also owns a state championship in the 5,000 meter run as a track athlete.
While competing in the AAU National Cross Country Championships for the 15-16 year-olds in Amarillo, Texas in 1981, Plissey turned in a second-place performance. ?? He was honored back in his hometown with a huge welcome and received a key to the city. ?? Later in the AAU National Junior Olympics in Bonner Spring, Kansas, he placed seventh in the 17-18 year-old division while taking 12th?? at the Eastern Division of the Kinney Race.
While in high school, Plissey was a member of the National Honor Society, played in the high school band and stage band four years. ?? He also sung in the chorus and made All-Aroostook all four years while achieving All-State status in 1982.
He received numerous scholarship offers, but chose to attend Boston College and was captain of the Eagles’ cross country team. ?? His time of 30.18/50 in the 10,000 meter run remains the fourth fastest in?? school history and he stands ninth all-time in the 5,000 meter run and third in the 4X1600-meter relay. ?? As a freshman, he placed seventh in the 10,000-meter run in the?? TAC Junior National Track Championships in Los Angeles, Calif. ?? His career was cut short by a knee injury sustained during his junior season.
Plissey, who resides Charlottesville, Va., is in the midst of a very successful career in the music industry under the stage name of Ellis Paul. ?? He is a singer/songwriter and folk musician who has released 17 albums and has won 14Boston Music Awards. ?? He has sung the National Anthem at Fenway Park. ?? Two of his songs have appeared on the soundtracks of the movies “Me, My-self and Irene” and “Shallow Hall.” ?? He is the recipient of the 2004 Boston College Arts Council Alumni Award for artistic achievement.
Class of 2013 Inductees
UST ANOTHER COUNTY RACE
April 15
April 21
April 28
May 6
May 12
May 20
May 28
FORT KENT 5 MILER contact Jim Elias, UMFK 1 p.m. start
SPRING RUN-OFF contact Larry Mangus UMPI 10 a.m. start
COUNTY BANK CLASSIC contact Dave Rand Presque Isle 11 a.m. start
TERRY FOX 5K contact Conrad Walton Caribou 1 p.m. start
SUBLUXATION 10K contact Marlin Conrad Caribou 4 p.m. start
HELEN P. KNIGHT contact Conrad Walton Caribou 1 p.m. start
THE INN RACE contact Nancy Jackson Caribou 11 a.m. start
Sorry these weren’t in the regular calendar section. I just saw the BIG moose
