Tartans Punch Ticket to NCAAs, Win Sixth Straight Mid-Atlantic Regional

(LOCK HAVEN, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon men's cross country team competed at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday. The Tartans placed first out of 29 teams in the 8k race. 

Race Information

Carnegie Mellon, 39; Johns Hopkins, 40; Marywood, 128; Dickinson, 162; Lebanon Valley, 186

Results:

• Senior Matthew Coyle crossed first for the Tartans in 2nd place out of 100 athletes with a time of 24:16.7.
• Senior Aleksei Seletskiy finished in 5th place with a time of 24:32.6.
• Junior Ryan Podnar crossed right behind in 6th place with a time of 24:35.0.
• Senior Eamon Brady earned a time of 24:46.8, finishing in 11th place.
• Senior Seth Williams placed 15th with a time of 24:52.4.
• Senior Anthony Toskin crossed in 24:58.6, placing 18th.
• Sophomore Matthew Short earned a time of 25:16.7, placing 24th.

Notes:

• All seven earned All-Region honors by finishing in the top 35 of the meet.
• The region victory is the Tartans sixth straight and eighth since 2008.

Up Next

The Tartans will travel to Terre Haute, Indiana to compete in the NCAA Championships on Saturday, November 23 at 12 p.m.