Garnet Roll To Third in Allentown
Swarthmore placed four runners in the top 25 to earn third place at the DeSales University Invitational in Allentown, Pa. on Saturday morning.
Vernon Chaplin '07 was the top Garnet finisher, completing the 8K course in a time of 28:03.49 to come in 11th out of 233 runners.
Sophomore Jon Shoop was next in 17th place (28:25.95) and classmate Ross Weller was right behind him in 19th position (28:28.97).
Freshman Erik Saka finished in 26th (28:47.71) and senior Jim Kreft came in 36th (28:58.69) to complete the Swarthmore scoring.
Swarthmore totaled 104 points, finishing behind Frostburg State (67 points) and East Stroudsburg (85).
Swarthmore will compete in the Centennial Conference Championships in its next race. The Garnet will travel to Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, October 29 for the 11:00 a.m. race.