Complete Team Standings,
Complete Individual Results
Boston, Mass. – Freshman
Glarius Rop (Eldoret, Kenya) was named the NCAA East Region Runner of the Year after placing first overall with a school-record time of 30:15.9 at the NCAA East Region Championship, hosted by UMass Lowell at Boston’s Franklin Park. The Yellow Jackets placed fifth in the team standings with 141 points, marking the four-year-old programs best finish to date at the regional.
Sophomore
Victor Kemboi (Eldoret, Kenya) placed second overall with a time of 31:01.0. He and Rop both qualified to compete at the NCAA Championship meet, making them the first two runners in program history to compete at the NCAA Championship.
They also earned all-region honors, another program first, as did sophomore
Brian Mulwo (Kapsabet, Kenya), who finished sixth with a time of 32:01.7. He was 15.9 seconds behind the fifth-place runner, which would have also sent him to nationals.
Freshman
Julien Devanne (St. Sylvain D’Anjou, France) finished 22nd with a time of 32:52.8 and classmate
James Denzine (Wiesbaden, Germany) finished 110th with a time of 36:53.6. Senior
Malcolm Forbes (Queens, N.Y.) finished 13th in 38:23.5.
UMass Lowell took the team title with each of its five runners placing in the top-15, while Stonehill College places second. Both teams will compete at the NCAA Championship meet. Bentley University finished third with 130 points and Adelphi University finished fourth with 131 points.
The NCAA Championship will be hosted by the University of Southern Indiana November 21 at the Southern Indiana Cross Country Course.