Zamostny finishes 16th
TOWSON, Md. – Jake Zamostny (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) finished 16th overall to lead McDaniel to a fifth-place finish at the 2011 Goucher Cross Country Classic in men's cross country action on Saturday.
The Green Terror amassed 114 points. Navy won the eight-team meet with 20 points.
Zamostny finished with a time of 29:03.10 and was the second Division III runner across the line. Goucher's Joey Negreann won the 8,000-meter race with a time of 26:57.40 followed by all 12 of Navy's competitor. An unattached runner and NAIA Truett-McConnell's top runner were 14th and 15th, respectively.
Ron Shriver (Westminster, Md./Francis Scott Key) crossed 29th overall with a time of 30:47.00 and Peter Merkel (Ellicott City, Md./Homeschool) followed him across in 30th (30:47.80).
Caleb Phillips (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) finished 32nd (31:00.60).
Calvin Ball (Westminster, Md./Westminster) led a trio of McDaniel runners across the line in 38th with a time of 32:17.40. Graham Miles (Hartford, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford) and Matthew Peterson (Littleton, Colo./Lakewood) finished with times of 32:25.60 and 32:29.90, respectively.
McDaniel returns to action at the Centennial Conference Championship hosted by Dickinson on Oct. 29. The first race begins at 11 a.m.
Team Scores: 1. Navy 20, 2. Truett-McConnell 81, 3. Goucher 95, 4. York (Pa.) 98, 5. McDaniel 114, 6. Davis & Elkins 145, 7. Immaculata 175, 8. Baltimore City Community College 243.
McDaniel Results (8,000 meters, 72 competitors): 16. Jake Zamostny 29:03.10, 29. Ron Shriver 30:47.00, 30. Peter Merkel 30:47.80, 32. Caleb Phillips 31:00.60, 38. Calvin Ball 32:17.40, 39. Graham Miles 32:25.60, 40. Matthew Peterson 32:29.90, 56. Dylan Ryan 35:14.70, 58. Jason Stein 36:10.50, 63. Eric Spioch 39:24.30, 64. Matthew Christopher 42:43.70.
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