Senior Aidan Brad from Williamstown led five Rowan runners in the top 30 and the Profs placed a close 2nd Saturday in the Border Battle in Logan Township.
Brad ran 8,000 meters at muddy, water-logged DREAM Park in 27:29 and placed 10th out of more than 150 runners in the men’s championship race.
Freshman Rowan Horner from Franklin High in Portland, Ore., was 14th in 27:40, sophomore Ty Blackman from Glassboro ran 27:49 for 21st place, senior Colin Patterson from Haddon Heights was 22nd in 27:52 and junior Reid Gervasi from Haddonfield was 26th in 28:03.
Horner and Blackman were the 1st and 3rd freshmen finishers and both were competing in their first collegiate 8K race.Rowan packed its five scorers in 29 seconds.
Mount Union of Alliance, Ohio, edged Rowan 70-83 to win the team title.
Because most of the Paul Short Races scheduled for Oct. 2 at Lehigh were cancelled, the Profs hadn’t raced since a meet at Stockton on Sept. 19.
Stockton freshman James Clauson from Haddon Township placed 27th in 28:07, Rowan sophomore Dylan Saber of Williamstown was 42nd in 28:23.
