MIT’s Jacob Cobb from West Deptford ran the 4th-fastest steeplechase so far this year in NCAA Division 3 Saturday.
Cobb ran 9:09.15 at the Sam Howell Invitational at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium. Cobb is coming off an indoor season where he ran a 4:07.01 full mile and raced at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Birmingham, Ala. He also raced the steeple at outdoor NCAAs last spring in Geneva, Ohio, and D-3 Cross Country Nationals in Spartansburg, S.C.
Cobb is No. 3 in South Jersey history with his steeple PR of 8:53.62, which he ran last May Jacob Cobb [West Deptford], May 10, 2025, in Williamstown, Mass.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 