Swarthmore Competes at Bobcat Open
AUSTIN, Tx. -- Erik Saka '09 finished seventh in the 3000 meters and Ross Weller '08 ran sixth in the 800 meters as Swarthmore opened the 2006 outdoor season at the Bobcat Open at Texas State on Friday evening.
Saka finished in a time of 9:23.12, crossing seventh out of 15 runnners.
Weller, seeded at a time of 2:04.00, lowered out-ran that time, finishing in 2:02.07.
Competing in the meet was host Texas State, Southland Conference rival Texas-San Antonio as well as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi who will join the SLC next year. Also competing were teams from Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas-Pan American, Trinity (Tx.), Incarnate Word, and Texas Lutheran.
The Garnet take three weeks to prepare for the Widener Open, set to run at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 1.