From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The 16th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University men's cross country team finished second at the Rowan Inter-Regional Invitational hosted by Rowan University with 62 points. Leading the Tartans in the 28-team race was sophomore Evan Yukevich (Tokyo, Japan/American School in Japan).

The top five finishers for the Tartans all crossed the finish line within a 16-second span. Yukevich finished the race in fifth place after crossing the finish line in 25:06.8. Junior Aadi Mhatre (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) was the second to cross the finish line for the Tartans, finishing 3.5 seconds behind Yukevich in tenth with a time of 25:10.3.

Senior Jordan Safer (Brookline, Mass./Brookline) was only 2.2 seconds behind Mhatre, finishing 11th in 25:12.5 while sophomore Liam Walsh (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) and junior Kevin Cory (Frederick, Md./Urbana) placed 16th and 20th, respectively. Walsh posted a time of 25:17.3 and Cory crossed in 25:22.0.

Sophomore Stephen Law (Saratoga, Calif./Saratoga) and junior Jared Moore (Beaver Dams, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post) crossed with times of 25:31.4 and 25:37.4 to place 28th and 35th in the field of 250 runners.