Led by Sicklerville Tech’s Joshua Cason, Haddon Twp.’s Matt Conaway, Haddonfield’s Caleb Clevenger, Rowan men take 2nd in Metro Region Championships, await word on at-large bid!!!!!!

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Junior Joshua Cason of Sicklerville Tech placed 2nd and seniors Matthew Conaway of Haddon Township and Caleb Clevenger of Haddonfield ran 12th and 13th, and Rowan made a case for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division 3 championships with a strong 2nd-place finish at the Metro Region Championships Saturday in Galloway Township.

Moravian packed its five scorers in the top nine and won the team title 29-61, with Haverford at 89. Moravian, Rowan and Haverford were ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the most recent USTFCCCA Metro Region poll.

The winner of each of 10 regions receives an auto bid to next weekend’s NCAA Division 3 Championships in Indiana, and 22 other schools will receive at-large bids. Rowan is a bubble team and will learn its fate on Monday.It appears the Profs will either be one of the last schools in or one of the first schools out.

The top seven finishers in each region not from the winning team also qualify for nationals, so Cason and Conway – who finished 2nd and 7th among runners not from Moravian – are on their way to Indiana either way. Rowan grad student Miles Voenell of Pacific Collegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif., who was 8th, will also race at nationals.

Cason ran 24:46.5 and finished behind only Haverford senior Peter Larochelle, who won the race in 24:34.8. Voenell ran 25:06.3, Conway 25:17.4, Clevenger 25:2.1 and sophomore Colin Patterson of Haddon Heights 27th in 25:45.3. Scott Hubbard of Audubon placed 33rd in 25:49.9 and senior Giancarlo Vega of Timber Creek was 64th in 27:02.3.

Rutgers-Camden sophomore Jacob Dinerman from Haddon Township placed 21st in 25:39.3.

Rowan has made 19 trips to NCAA Division 3 Nationals, most recently in 2017. They also competed as Glassboro State every year from 1974 through 1988 plus 1991, 1992 and 1993 and as Rowan in 2017.

Their best finish ever was 3rd place in 1982 in Fredonia, N.Y., behind North Central of Naperville, Ill., and Brandeis of Waltham, Mass. Pleasantville’s Greg Rapp placed 3rd at nationals and Tim O’Brien of Westfield 24th.

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