RPI freshman Jake Davis finished third on the team and 21st overall with a 27:02.6 to help the Engineers to a second place finish in the 26-school Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams College at Mount Greylock High School. He ran the 8K course in a 5:27 pace to finish second among all freshmen, trailing only MIT's Slaney Kent, who was 17th overall (26:53.1). There were 324 total competitors in the race.