Byrum Runs Fourth-Fastest 4K Race in Program History

STEVENSON, Md. — Competing for the final time prior to the 2014 Landmark Conference Championships, Goucher finished in fourth place behind McDaniel, Johns Hopkins and Stevenson today at the Mustang Twilight Tune Up.

Zachary Byrum (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) was the first Goucher runner to cross the finish line in the 4,000-meter race as he placed 14th overall in a field of 33 runners. Byrum's time of 13:59.0 is the fourth-fastest in the history of the school's men's cross country program for a race of that distance.

Liam Lanahan (Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley), Griffin Stein (Westport, Conn./Staples) and Dietrich Pultinas (Roxbury, Mass./Brimmer and May School) completed the race within less than 17 seconds of one another. Lanahan was clocked at 14:48.6, good for 21st place. Stein followed in 22nd place (15:03.0) and Pultinas was next in 23rd place (15:15.5).

Richard Decker (Voorheesville, N.Y./Clayton A. Bouton) placed 25th as he turned in a time of 15:41.5.

The individual champion was Chris Jones from McDaniel, who posted a time of 12:50.8.

The Green Terror captured the team title by placing their top five runners among the top seven finishers to earn a score of 17 points. The Blue Jays were second with 39 points, the Mustangs third with 79 and the Gophers fourth with 99.