Swarthmore Turns in Fifth at NCAA Regional
All-Mid-East Region selection Vernon Chaplin '07 led the Garnet to a seventh-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Division III Mid-East Regional Cross Country Championship in Carlisle, Pa. on Saturday morning.
280 runners packed the 8K course at Carlisle High School, with Haverford College collecting its 15 title in 19 years. Widener's Macharia Yost captured the individual title, setting a new mark with a time of 25:14.
The Garnet tallied 286 team points, placing six runners in the top 100.
Chaplin finished in 26th position at a time of 26:49.6, missing a national-qualifier spot by only five seconds in just his first season running cross country.
Sophomore Ross Weller was the next Swarthmore runner across the line in 57th place (27:32), followed in by classmate Jon Shoop in 60th position (27:34.5).
Freshman Erik Saka posted a time of 27:39.5 to finish in 65th place. Seniors Keefe Keeley (78th, 27:55.2), Jim Kreft (86th, 28:06), and Adam Hunt (126th, 28:44.2) rounded out the scoring for the Garnet.