Nov. 14, 2009
Complete Results
LEHIGH, PA - The Johns Hopkins men's cross country team finished seventh at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Lehigh, PA. The Blue Jays finish with 206 points and placed three runners in the top 50 in a field of 314 runners. Steve Tobochnik was lead runner for Hopkins, finishing 20th overall. David Sigmon finished 30th overall.
The Blue Jays got off to a great start, but last mile pushes by Elizabethtown and Susquehanna dropped them from fifth to seventh place. Allegheny won the meet, with Carnegie Mellon coming in second and Haverford finishing third.
Tobochnik (25:42.2) and Sigmon (26:03.1) finished 20th and 30th, respectively. This finishes were good enough to earn places on the All-Regional Team. Tobochnik will most likely receive an individual bid to the NCAA Championships.
Brandon Hahn finished 46th with a time of 26:28.4. Mike Yuan (26:40.0) and Derek Cheng (26:40.8) finished only two places apart, at 59th and 61th, respectively.
The NCAA Championships will take place on November 21 in Berea, OH. Stay tuned to Hopkinssports.com to see if Steve Tobochnik will be representing the Blue Jays.
