Senior Jacob Cobb from West Deptford was MIT’s 5th man at the Wesleyan Cardinal Invitational Saturday in Middleton, Ct.
MIT, ranked 16th nationally in NCAA Division 3, packed its five scorers in 22 seconds and won the team title 44-44 on a 6th-man tiebreaker with host Wesleyan. MIT’s 6th runner beat No. 20 Wesleyan’s by 24 seconds and finished 11 places ahead.
Cobb ran 25:05 over 8,000 meters at Long Lane Farm and placed 13th of 100 finishers but only 28 seconds behind overall winner Dylan Cote, a Wesleyan sophomore.
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Cobb, an 8:53.62 steeplechaser last spring, ran just three seconds off his 8,000 all-course PR of 25:02, set last November at the Division 3 Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., where he was MIT’s second finisher.
MIT’s top five Saturday ran between 24:43 and 25:05. MIT is ranked No. 2 in the USTFCCCA NCAA Division 3 East Region, behind Tufts.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 