Woodstown graduate Ryan Dennison, a junior at Alvernia, placed 5th in the Green and Gold Invitational Saturday at Delaware Valley College.
DVC is in Doylestown, but it appears that their XC course, located across Rte. 202 from campus, is entirely in New Britain, Pa.
Dennison ran an all-course best 28:32 over 8,000 meters at Delaware Valley College and was Alvernia’s 3rd runner. His previous all-course 8K best was 29:20 last November at the NCAA Division 3 Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lock Haven, Pa.
Dennison’s fastest 5,000 in high school was 19:10 in a meet at Stockton University in Galloway, so he ran faster per mile Saturday over just under five miles than he did in high school over 3.1 miles.
Kean College edged Alvernia of Reading, 47-49, to win the team title.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 