Meet Information 
• Race: Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown
• Location: Franklin Park • Jamaica Plain, MA
• Date: Friday, September 21
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's cross country team put together an impressive performance against many nationally and regionally ranked Division I competition, as the Blue Jays, the only Division III team in the field, finished 13^th overall in the race which featured six nationally ranked teams.
• Complete Results

Race Highlights
• The Blue Jays got off the line well and packed up to get in good position for the race, which was eventually won by Amon Kemboi of Campbell who defeated Aidan Tooker of Syracuse by fractions of a second. The No. 10 Orange won the event, placing five runners in the top-15.
• Jared Pangallozzi was the top finisher for Hopkins and he, Ollie Hickson and Andrew King worked very well in the in the middle part of the race before Pangallozzi pulled away in the last 2k of the race. PJ Murray and Alex Doran fell off a bit in the middle but rebounded in the final 2k to pick up about 40 spots and keep the Blue Jay top-five in a 35-second gap. Scott Pourshalchi also put together a great final leg of the race, passing many runners to finish as the fifth JHU runner. As a team, the Blue Jays had an average time of 25:40 which the teams best average by a good margin on the course.
• JHU finished just two points behind Bucknell as Hickson finished one second behind Chad Sussman. JHU did finish ahead of DI schools Providence (5^th in the Northeast) and Brown (11^th Northeast).

Team Results
1. Syracuse (37 pts.)
2. Washington (70 pts.)
3. Ole Miss.  (77 pts.)
4. Virginia (98 pts.)
5. North Carolina (153 pts.)
13. Johns Hopkins (416 pts.)

Johns Hopkins Top Finishers:
58. Jared Pangallozzi – 25:22
74. Ollie Hickson – 25:35
76. Andrew King – 25:36
94. PJ Murray – 25:46
114. Scott Pourshalchi – 25:59

HEAD COACH BOBBY VAN ALLEN
• "The men ran amazing! That was one of the better races we have had."
• "We stressed getting out well on this course to be able to relax and pack up and we did that to perfection."

Up Next
• Selected members of the team will be racing in the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational tomorrow, Saturday, September 22. The race is scheduled to begin at 10:30 am.

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