At the Tufts National Qualifying Meet, RPI grad student Johnny Capobianco finished first in the 3000 Steeplechase with a time of 9:23.13, which was a personal best and 28th among Division III. Capobianco, who entered the meet with a seed time of 9:24.88, defeated the runner-up by more than 13 seconds (9:35.82). The meet, the last of Johnny's career, was non-team scoring.