Elias Knoll, a freshman from Shawnee, was Ursinus’s 1st finisher in his first collegiate race Saturday morning.
Knoll placed 4th overall out of 78 runners in the Bryn Mawr Invitational at Rose Tree Park in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County. Knoll ran 16:40.2 and finished just 4 ½ seconds behind overall winner Samuel Domencic of Immaculate University of East Whiteland Township, Chester County.
Swarthmore won the team title 23-51 over Ursinus.
Knoll ran within five seconds of his 5,000 all-course PR of 16:35 set at last year’s Olympic Conference meet on the DREAM Park speedway in Logan Township. Knoll’s high school teammate, Noah Stapleton, a Swarthmore freshman, placed 25th in 18:06.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 