West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb placed 3rd in the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite Saturday in Hanover, N.H., helping MIT beat Dartmouth in its 2024 season opener.
MIT, ranked 12th in the country, defeated Dartmouth, 18-40.
Cobb, a junior, ran 25:48 over 8,000 meters on Dartmouth’s hilly course at Hanover Country Club along the eastern banks of the Connecticut River that forms the Vermont-Connecticut border.
Cobb ran within 11 seconds of his 8K PR of 25:37, which he ran at the 2022 New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference Championships in Attleboro, Mass.
On Saturday, MIT swept the top three places behind freshman Renne Cooper [25:43], senior Sam Coutts [25:46] and Cobb.
Last spring, Cobb set a school record by running 9:00.17 for the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a meet at in Williamstown, Mass.
MIT is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division 3 East Region and 12th in the country by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 