Lehigh junior Will Mrozinski from Paul VI and Rider junior Matt McCarron from Cinnaminson both finished near the front at the Lafayette Invitational Friday in Easton.
Mrozinski placed 2nd in an all-course 8,000-meter best of 25:08 at the Metzger Fields course, and McCarron was 6th in 25:41. McCarron’s previous 8K best was 25:13 at Princeton last October.
Also in the top 20 was NJIT freshman Erik Preisner from Ocean City, who placed 18th in 26:20 in his first collegiate 8K race. His high school teammate, Lafayette sophomore Ethan Buck, finished 16 seconds behind in 21st place.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 