Cinnaminson graduate Austin Gabay, a freshman at Duke, placed 49th out of more than 200 runners Friday at the NCAA Division 1 Southeast Regional Championships Friday.
Gabay ran 30:55 over 10,000 meters at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville and finished as Duke’s 6th runner. The Blue Devils placed 5th out of 32 schools with 135 points. North Carolina won the race with 61 points.
Gabay was the 4th finisher across the line, three places and seven seconds behind Virginia freshman Gary Martin from Archbishop Wood in Warminster. Martin ran a 3:57.89 mile last spring, fastest ever by a high school runner in an all-high school race.
Last spring, Gabay ran 3:46.10 for 1,500 meters at the ACC Championships in Raleigh, equivalent of a 4:04.19 mile.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 