LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Jordan Berger finished 16th overall with a career best 8,000-meter time to lead the Lebanon Valley College men's cross country team at the Inter-Regional Border Battle in Logan Township on Saturday.
 
"This was a solid day for us," head coach James O'Brien had to say about the races. "We beat two teams that are ranked ahead of us in our region and tied a very good Misericordia team. If we can tighten up a few things over the next few weeks I think we have a viable shot at finishing top 3 at the MACs. Jordan was simply exceptional. We are very excited to see how our 1-2 punch leads us into championship season and how our pack responds behind them." The Dutchmen beat or tied seven teams that are ranked in the Metro, Mid-Atlantic, and Niagara regions. "This was a big-time meet where we had the opportunity to see how we stack up against many national and regionally-ranked programs. It was warm and the ground was a bit soft/muddy so the course ran a bit slower than we were anticipating, at least relative to the course we raced on two weeks ago."
 
Inside the Box Score

• Berger finished 16th out of 309 finishers with a time of 25:21.9. He ran 35 seconds faster than his time at Paul Short two weeks ago.
• LVC had nine of their 10 finishers in the championship race break 29 minutes. The Dutchmen had an average time of 26:35 in the race.
• LVC tied regionally-ranked Misericordia and Morvaian while beating Marywood, Stockton, Elizabethtown, Ithaca, and Widener
• The Dutchmen also had a strong open race finishing seventh out of 17 teams with an average time of 29:12.

 
LVC Finishers In Championship Race

PL	NAME	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
16	Jordan Berger	05:06.1	25:21.9	5
34	Noah Griffin	05:11.9	25:50.3	28
120	Sam Rothstein	05:27.2	27:06.4	26
124	Donnie Miller	05:27.9	27:09.9	27
143	Vinny Ferrizzi	05:31.9	27:29.8	28
167	Andy Loy	05:36.7	27:53.7	40
172	Joe Chukoskie	05:37.6	27:58.2	45
199	Alec Di Cesare	05:44.2	28:31.0
205	Elijah McKell	05:46.5	28:42.8
220	Eric Shelton	05:50.6	29:03.1

LVC Finishers In Open Race

PL	NAME	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
34	Joseph Pleban	05:40.3	28:11.7	20
44	Caleb Scarborough	05:44.3	28:31.7	28
63	Darren Rodoff	05:52.0	29:09.7	43
70	Brandon Stasulli	05:54.3	29:21.5	50
112	Christian Morrison	06:11.7	30:47.9	82
121	Cole Lehman	06:16.2	31:10.1	90
149	Penn Smith	06:55.6	34:25.9	110
154	Jacob Creitz	07:00.8	34:52.1

Up Next
The Dutchmen will host the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational next Friday at Union Canal Tunnel Park.

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