Nova Men Comes 6th in Razor Thin Penn Relays DMR

In a race where the top 6 teams finished within 8/10s of a second, Villanova's men's DMR finished out of the money and out of luck. Villanova got off to a good start in the 1200 meter leg with Canadian Rob Denault, who replaced Brian Tetreault. Denault went 2:59.9 -- one of only 4 to get under the 3:00 barrier and about 1 second off the lead at the first exchange. Bryan Murphy ran the 5th fastest 400 meter leg, in 48.0. At the end of that leg, Villanova was 2.6 seconds behind eventual winner Oregon. Sam Ellison took the 800 leg in 1:48.9, the 3rd fastest of the race, essentially wiping out Oregon's lead. The final 1600 leg turned tactical as a lead group clumped together in anticipation of a sprint finish over the final 200 meters. That's what occurred and the top 6 teams had a cluster finish. Sam McEntee went 4:06.5, the 7th fastest anchor leg of the day. Donn Cabral's 4:05.8 leg was good enough to win the race for Princeton over Indiana.

1.  Princeton     9:42.45   
       Stilin (2:59.0), Hopkins (46.3), Williams (1:51.4), Cabral (4:05.8)

2.  Indiana     9:42.68
       Turner (3:00.6), Vaughn (46.5), Stockberger (1:49.5), Bayer (4:06.1)

3.  Binghamton     9:43.08
       Garn (3:01.4), Gilbert (49.0), Fernandez (1:51.6), van Ingen (4:01.1)

4.  Oregon     9:43.11
       Greer (2:59.2), Hornsby (47.8), Guyota (1:49.4), Dunbar (4:06.7)

5.  Columbia     9:43.21
       Gregorek (3:00.2), Boyd (48.2), McFann (1:47.8), Merber (4:07.0)

6.  Villanova     9:43.28
       Denault (2:59.9), Murphy (48.0), Ellison (1:48.9), McEntee (4:06.5)

7.  Texas     9:44.64
       Jessett (3:01.2), Dreyer (48.1), Thompson (1:47.4), McGregor (4:07.9)

8.  Oklahoma     9:45.45
       Masters (2:59.8), Wood (46.6), Casey (1:51.1), Harasyn (4:08.0)

9.  Albany     9:47.78
       Lagno (3:03.4), Santana (48.6), Rowell (1:53.0), Burke (4:02.8)

10. Navy     9:48.37
       Kennedy (3:02.2), Jackson (49.2), DellaPelle (1:53.2), Rome (4:03.8)

11. Texas A&M     9:48.91
       Bonn (3:03.0), Young (48.3), Ramirez (1:51.5), Lelei (4:06.1)

12. La Salle     9:50.47
       Crits (3:01.0), Bartholomew (49.5), Reilly (1:51.7), Ross (4:08.2)

13. Duke     9:58.03
       Clark (3:03.5), Raskin (50.7), Beach (1:52.8), DeMatteo (4:11.0)

14. Penn     10:02.95
       Fulton (3:01.1), Rosenthal (49.0), Bekelja (1:54.3), Cunningham (4:18.5)

15. Ok Christian   10:13.64
       Barrientez (3:03.1), Block (59.2), Mesta (1:57.3), Kisorio (4:14.0)