LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley men's cross country team finished the year strong with an 11th-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday at the West Branch Cross Country Course in Lock Haven.
"This was another almost-there type of performance," head coach James O'Brien stated about the race. "It's tough to have two of those in a row to end what was a really great season prior to that. We're young and I am firmly optimistic about the future success this team will have. We just have to look ahead and be very intentional about how we want to approach the work that needs to be done."
The Dutchmen had an average time of 26:28.1 on the 8,000-meter course and scored 336 points in the large field of 31 scoring teams.
Matthew Santana had a strong finish to cross the line with a time of 26:15.8 to place 57th overall in the field of 211.
Joe Chukoskie wasn't far behind him with a time of 26:23.8.
Sam Rothstein was the third Dutchman to finish with a time of 26:31.3.
Elijah McKell was right on his heels as he crossed the line in 26:33.6.
Eric Shelton rounded out the top five with a career-best time of 26:36.0.
Donnie Miller ran 27:05.6 and
Alec Di Cesare rounded out the LVC runners with a time of 27:16.9.
Carnegie Mellon placed their seven runners in the top 12 including individual champion Matthew Porter who won in 24:40.0 to earn the Region's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships next weekend with a team score of 19. Johns Hopkins finished second with 66 points and will hope for an at-large bid when the selections are announced tomorrow. Marywood was third with 80 points and was followed by Dickinson with 157 points. Misericordia rounded out the top five teams with 209 points.
LVC Finishers
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