Widener’s Thomas Flear, a sophomore from Clearview, finished first among 100 runners Saturday at the DeSales Invitational in Upper Saucon Township outside Bethlehem.
Flear ran 26:07 and finished 40 meters ahead of 2nd-place Louka Fetter, a junior at Messiah University in Grantham, Pa.
It was only Flear’s 2nd race this fall. He was 2nd at the Messiah Invitational last month. He’s won conference titles on the track at 5,000 meters indoors last year and 10,000 meters outdoors.
Widener, ranked 9th in the NCAA Division 3 Metro Region, finished 3rd with 64 points, behind Messiah [40] and DeSales [59].
Flear has blossomed at Widener after recording PRs of 2:07.59, 4:47.26 and 10:21.49 in high school.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 