HAVERFORD, Pa. – Peter Merkel (Ellicott City, Md./Homeschool) finished 54th overall to lead aMcDaniel to ninth-place finish at the 2014 Centennial Conference (CC) men's cross country championship hosted by Haverford on Saturday.
The Green Terror finished with 244 points. Haverford won the nine-team championship with 21 points, outdistancing Johns Hopkins by 27 points.
Merkel completed the 8,000-meter course in a time of 27:55.38.
Calvin Ball (Westminster, Md./Westminster) crossed the line 58th overall with a time of 28:03.1 while Jim Heilman (Lutherville, Md./Baltimore Lutheran) and Chris Jones (Centreville, Va./Centreville) were 66th (28:26.9) and 68th (28:33.0), respectively.
John Alexander (Lutherville, Md./Calvert Hall) finished 89th overall to round out the team's top five, crossing with a time of 30:38.6.
McDaniel returns to action at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional championship hosted by Dickinson at Big Spring High School on Saturday, Nov. 15. Action begins at 11 a.m.
Team Scores: 1. Haverford 21, 2. Johns Hopkins 48, 3. Dickinson 74, 4. Swarthmore 97, 5. Franklin & Marshall 168, 6. Gettysburg 171, 7. Muhlenberg 178, 8. McDaniel 244, 9. Ursinus 265.
McDaniel Results (8,000 meters, 100 competitors): 54. Peter Merkel 27:55.3, 58. Calvin Ball 28:03.1, 66. Jim Heilman 28:26.9, 68. Chris Jones 28:33.0, 89. John Alexander 30:38.6, 93. Kyle Crouse 31:05.3, 94. Noah Conner 31:16.2, 98. Alex Panagakos 33:02.3, 99. Andrew Valliere 34:38.1.
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