UMBC sophomore Alexis Tepper from Cherry Hill East ran a 6K all-course PR Saturday and placed 10th out of more than 250 runners in the ECAC Championships in the Bronx.
Tepper ran 21:17 on the challenging Van Cortlandt Park course, lowering her 6,000-meter best from 21:20 from earlier this month at Paul Short on Lehigh’s south campus course in Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township.
University of Maryland Baltimore County’s web site lists an all-time 6,000 performance list, and Tepper’s 21:17 would be 6th-fastest and fastest since 2015. But the list doesn’t include the course the performance was achieved on, so no way to tell if Tepper’s time is fastest at Vanny by a UMBC runner or where it ranks.
Her time equals 17:44 pace for 5,000 meters over 6,000 meters. Tepper’s 5,000 PR is 18:13 from her season opener in August in Emmittsburg, Md.
Tepper has raced four times this year and hasn’t finished outside the top 10. Next for UMBC is the America East Championships a week from Saturday over 5,000 meters at the Hard’ack Recreation Area in St. Albans, Vt.
Cherokee graduate Kerry O’Day, a freshman at Bucknell, also ran a PR, placing 32nd in 21:51. O’Day, the 6th freshman across the line, lowered her all-course 6K PR from 21:59 at Penn State last month. Another Bucknell freshman, Paul VI graduate Shaelan McNally, placed 39th in 21:59.
Bucknell, ranked 8th in the NCAA Division 1 USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region, scored 103 points and finished 2nd to Yale, which won with 53.
Also, Seton Hall senior Julia Smith from Schalick placed 47th in 22:12.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 