In his 3rd race for Butler as a grad student, Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay rolled a 23:36 at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals on the Thomas Zimmer Championship course in Madison.
Gabay was Butler’s 2nd finisher and matched his 8,000-meter PR, which he ran earlier this year in a meet at Sydney Marovitz Golf Course in Chicago.
During his three cross country seasons at Duke, Gabay’s fastest 8K was a 23:44 at the 2022 Paul Short Run on Lehigh’s south campus in Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township.
Next for Gabay is his first Big East Championships, scheduled for Nov. 1 at Morven Park just outside Leesburg, Va., in Loudoun County.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 