MIT junior Jacob Cobb of West Deptford placed 6th in the NEWMAC Championships Saturday in Wellesley, Mass., helping the Engineers easily win the team title.
Cobb ran a lifetime all-course best 25:08 over 8,000 meters at Nehoiden Golf Club and was MIT’s 3rd runner. Massachusets Institute of Technology won its 26th straight New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference championship, 25-61, over Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Cobb’s previous best for a cross country 8K was a 25:33 at Division 3 Pre-Nationals last month in Terre Haute, Ind.
Last spring in Williamstown, Mass., Cobb ran a 9:00.17 steeplechase, shattering the MIT school record.
MIT is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division 3 East Region behind Tufts of Medford, Mass., and 22nd nationally.
MIT races on Nov. 16 at the East Regional Championships at Hopkinton (N.H.) State Fairgrounds.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 