RPI senior Sean O'Connor ran an opening mile of 4:57.0 and went on to win the 400-person 4th Annual Rowan Interregional Border Battle with an 8K time of 25:00.1. He ran a 5:01.8 mile pace ad defeated the runner-up by nearly two seconds (25:02.7). As a team, the Engineers finished in third place in the 42-school field that included six nationally-ranked programs.