Naper finishes 57th to pace Green Terror to ninth-place finish
ELKRIDGE, Md. – CJ Naper (New Windsor, Md./South Carroll) finished 57th overall to lead McDaniel to a ninth-place finish at the 2010 Centennial Conference men's cross country championship hosted by Johns Hopkins at Belmont Conference Center on Saturday.
Naper finished the 8,000-meter course in a time of 27:29 as the top Green Terror finisher. As a team, McDaniel had 279 points to finish ninth. Haverford reclaimed the team title with 23 points. Dickinson was second with 39 points.
Ron Shriver (Westminster, Md./Francis Scott Key) was the only other Green Terror runner to break 30 minutes, crossing 67th with a time of 28:02.
McDaniel returns to action at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional championship on Nov. 13.
Team Scores: 1. Haverford 23, 2. Dickinson 39, 3. Johns Hopkins 95, 4. Swarthmore 134, 5. Gettysburg 140, 6. Muhlenberg 146, 7. Franklin & Marshall 202, 8. Ursinus 205, 9. McDaniel 279.
McDaniel Results (8,000 meters, 95 competitors): 57. CJ Naper 27:29, 67. Ron Shriver 28:02, 91. Daveed Sumpter 33:19, 92. Dylan Ryan 34:00, 94. Matt Christopher 34:59, 95. Danny Scott 35:08.
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