Goucher finishes Fifth Out of Eight Teams at Cross Country Classic

Once again, the Plebe team from the United States Naval Academy easily won the 2016 Goucher College Cross Country Invitational, placing most of their runners in the top ten finishers and scoring a low of 18 team points.

October 8, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD. - Once again, the Plebe team from the United States Naval Academy easily won the 2016 Goucher College Cross Country Invitational, placing most of their runners in the top ten finishers and scoring a low of 18 team points. Led again by 1^st year runner Jason Higginbotham (Brunswick ME ) who finished twelfth, Goucher’s men’s cross country team finished in fifth place. The team finished three points behind McDaniel College who finished fourth. Another Gopher first-year runner, Joel Nadler (Metuchen, NJ), had a strong showing and finished 21^st . The Gophers other top runner, sophomore Sean O’Flaherty (Hinsdale. IL) injured his ankle on the course and did not finish.

2016 Goucher Men’s Cross Country Classic Times:

12^th Jason Higginbotham 31:13.86

21^st Joel Nadler 32:15.38

31^st Collin Clarkin-Wright 34:19.73

39th Xavier Coggenshall 36:10.82

41^st John Gyimesi 37:08.18 (PR)

DNF Sean O’Flaherty (injured on course)

Team Scores:

1. U.S. Naval Academy Plebes 18

2. Stevenson 80

3. Hagerstown CC 118

4. McDaniel 133

5. Goucher College 136

6. BellHaven 139

7. Harford CC 146

8. CCBC Catonsville 153

Incomplete – PSU Mt. Alto,