Former Haddonfield star Seth Clevenger, who began his college career at Iowa State, will make his debut for Rowan Friday afternoon at the Armory.
Clevenger is listed in the heat sheets as an entrant in the invitational 3,000-meter run at the Dr. Sander Columbia Scorcher, scheduled for 3:27 p.m. It will be his first race since a terrific 23:37 over 8,000 meters for Iowa State at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Oct. 17, in Madison, Wisc. He placed 19th in a loaded field of more than 200 runners.
Clevenger has a 3,000 PR of 8:12.00 from a meet in February of 2024 in Fayetteville, Ark. He’s listed in the entries as a junior at Rowan.
Rowan’s 3,000 school record is 8:15.29 by Kevin Veltre from Brick Memorial in a meet in Boston in February 2018.
Clevenger is also entered in the mile at 2:05 p.m. Saturday, although it’s hard to imagine he would double in his first meet sinvce October.
At Haddonfield, Clevenger was the Meet of Champions 3,200 champ and state Group 2 1,600 champ and ran 4:08.67 full mile as a senior. He placed 6th in July 2023 in the USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene at 1,500 meters.
Also in the race is Cornell’s Peyton Shute from Woodbury. He hasn’t run a 3,000 in college but has PRs of 3:52.84 for 1,500 meters, 4:08.01 for the mile and 24:08.03 for a XC 8K in November 2024 at Princeton University’s Meadows course in West Windsor Township.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 