In what appears to be his first collegiate race in more than seven years, Rutgers-Camden sophomore Jacob Dinerman of Haddon Township placed 3rd Saturday in the Philadelphia Cross Classic.
Dinerman ran 29:03 over 8,000 meters at Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. According to the Track and Field Results Reporting System, it was Dinerman’s first race since May 17, 2017, when he was a freshman at The College of New Jersey and ran an 800 PR of 1:55.73 at the Mideast Invitational at Widener University in Chester, Pa.
Also according to TFRRS, he never ran a cross country race while he was at TCNJ. It does appear he ran a road 5,000 in Edison in April 2021 and ran 14:39.76, but his last official XC race appears to be a Colonial Conference batch meet at Pennypacker Park in Haddonfield and Cherry Hill on Oct. 13, 2015.
On Saturday, Dinerman finished behind only John Ferry of Goldey-Beacom in Wilmington, Del., who won the race in 28:16, and Daniel Chinchilla of Felician in Rutherford, who was 2nd in 28:46.
Matt Martino, a Holy Family freshman from Hammonton, placed 14th out of 78 runners in 31:17 in his first collegiate race. C.J. Gilmore, a Rowan College-Gloucester County sophomore from Audubon, placed 20th in 31:56.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 