West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb and Camden Catholic’s Matthew Denton are headed for the NCAA Division 3 cross country championships this weekend in Central Pennsylvania.
Cobb, a sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and Denton, a senior at Haverford, will race Saturday at the NCAA D-3 Nationals on the 8,000-meter course Big Spring High School in Newville, about 40 miles west of Harrisburg in Cumberland County, Pa.
Both are on teams that won regional championships and received auto bids for nationals. The winners of 10 regions plus 22 at-large teams will compete in Newville. The top 10 individuals in each region who didn’t qualify as part of a team also advanced to next Saturday.
MIT, defending national champs and ranked 3rd nationally, won the East Region in Hopkinton, N.H. Haverford won the Metro Region Championship at DREAM Park in Logan Township.
The Rowan program will be represented by Jacob Riley from North Warren High School in Blairstown, who placed 4th in the Metro Region race at DREAM Park in Logan Township.
Even though Rowan placed 2nd, just six points behind Haverford, the Profs did not receive an at-large team bid.
Stockton will be represented by Eric Ackerman of West Morris Central High in Chester Township, Morris County.
The men’s race is scheduled for 11 a.m. and the women’s race at noon.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 