HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College men's cross country team comes in at No. 19 in the latest NCAA Division III National Coaches' Poll released by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA). In the last poll, the Fords were ranked No. 14.
The Fords ran in one event last week at the Lehigh University Paul Short Invitational. Head coach Tom Donnelly's squad ran the Brown Race and finished in second place among the 40 teams in the field. Haverford had seven runners in the top 100 finishers in the race that had 341 entrants.
Junior Charlie Marquardt registered the best time for the Fords with a 25:07 and a ninth place finish. Senior David Roza tallied a 13th place finish with a time of 25:16 while senior Joel Christian finished just 10 seconds behind his classmate and in the 17th position. Sophomore Michael Brier shaved almost a minute off his time from last year's Paul Short Invite with a 25:54, finishing in 44th place. Sophomore Jimmy Gorman ran a 25:56, 29 seconds faster than his time last season.