Meet Information 
• Race: Hopkins Kickoff Invitational  
• Location: Timonium, MD – Baltimore Ag Center  
• Date: September 2^nd, 2021
• The Short Story: The 13^th-ranked Blue Jay men placed five runners in the top-seven, setting the pace in the season-opener.

Race Highlights
Running on a beautiful evening in Timonium, MD, Matthew Kleiman crossed the finish line first to lead the Johns Hopkins men to a successful season-opening meet. Kleiman crossed the finish line in 18:26.1 on the 6K course, holding off American's Russell Sullivan by over seven seconds. In their first cross country meets for the Blue Jays, sophomores Gavin McElhennon (18:38.9) and Sean Enright (19:04.1) placed third and fourth. Josh Derrick and Matt Sandifer finished out the scoring for JHU, placing sixth and seventh with respective times of 19:09.8 and 19:10.9. Jonas Larson also placed in the top-10 for the Jays in the season opener.

Coach's Corner
- "It was absolutely amazing just to see us competing in a cross country meet again."
- "I was so happy with our performances as a team and the energy all our athletes brought."
- "We competed well and really fed off each other as a team."
- "It has me really excited and I know we are only going to get deeper and stronger as the season progresses."

Meet Results
1. #13 Johns Hopkins – 1-3-4-6-7 (21)
2. American – 2-5-8-10-12 (37)
3. Messiah – 11-16-17-18-21 (83)
4. Ursinus – 19-22-24-26-27 (118)
5. McDaniel – 20-30-31-32-33 (146)

Johns Hopkins Top Finishers:
1. Matthew Kleiman – 18:26.1
3. Gavin McElhennon – 18:38.9
4. Sean Enright – 19:04.1
6. Josh Derrick – 19:09.8
7. Matt Sandifer – 19:10.9

Up Next
• Johns Hopkins returns to action on September 17^th in Bronx, NY at the Iona Meet of Champions.