Meet Information 
• Race: Centennial Conference Championship
• Location: Haverford, PA
• Date: Saturday, October 27th
• The Short Story: In a race for the ages, the Johns Hopkins men's cross country team fell just one point shy of champion Haverford in the Centennial Conference Championship Race.
• Complete Results

Race Highlights
• Off the gun, it was Haverford and Hopkins working hard to get into tight packs and work their way around the muddy course. Eric Herrmann of Dickinson was able to pull ahead of the pack and take first overall with a time of 25:13.5.
• It was the Fords and Blue Jays going back-and-forth for positioning as the two rivals exchanged positions and the overall team lead throughout the race. Greg Morgan and Ryan Herlihy of Haverford were able to pull away for the next two spots and Jared Pangallozzi came in fourth with a time of 25:32.2 while teammate Andrew King crossed the line right behind him with a time of 25:33.3.
• Haverford and Hopkins' runners continued to go back and forth looking to gain important finishing positions as another Ford crossed the line in sixth, just a second ahead of Scott Pourshalchi in seventh. Another Ford crossed the line in eighth before two more Blue Jays in Conner Delahanty and Alex Doran came across the finish line. Delahanty finished just under five seconds out of the eighth spot in the race.
• Ollie Hickson finished in 12^th as the Blue Jays hoped to claim their first title since 2013 and Vipul Bhat made a nice run to finish in 17^th, but he was unable to catch David Watt of Haverford who finished in 15^th.
• JHU placed all seven runners in the top-20 and all 12 Blue Jay runners finished in the top-30. Hopkins finished with an average time of 25:39, which was slightly better than Haverford who had an average time of 25:40. 
• Hopkins has now finished second in five-straight seasons while the Fords have won five straight titles and 23 overall.
• This is the smallest margin of victory in conference history. The two teams also hold the record for the second and third smallest margins of victory as JHU defeated Dickinson by five points for the team's first conference title in 2013 and the Fords defeated the Blue Jays by nine points in 2016.

Head Coach Bobby Van Allen
• "The men ran amazingly well today! It was great to see such a tight team battle as Haverford really brings out the best in us. Looking forward to both teams continuing to go at it for two meets and ultimately making both our programs well prepared for NCAAs."

Team Results
1. Haverford – 34 pts.
2. Johns Hopkins – 35 pts.
3. Dickinson – 79 pts.
4. Swarthmore – 137 pts.
5. Muhlenberg – 151 pts.

Johns Hopkins Top Finishers:
4. Jared Pangallozzi – 25:32.2
5. Andrew King – 25:33.3
7. Scott Pourshalchi – 25:37.2
9. Conner Delahanty – 25:46.4
10. Alex Doran – 25:49.4
12. Ollie Hickson – 26:04.9
17. Vipul Bhat – 26:22.5

Up Next
• The Blue Jays return to the course on Saturday, November 10th for the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship which will be held in Center Valley, PA. The race is scheduled to begin at 11 am.

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