RPI junior Matt Lecky finished first on the team and 38th overall to earn All-America honors while leading the Engineers to a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championship Meet which covered 8k. He registered a time of 24:21.6 for a 4:55 per mile pace. He had a 1k split of 3:09.2, reached 3k in 9:14.9 and ran a 19:34.1 6.4k time before placing just outside the top 35. He was less than a second in front of the 39th place finisher and nearly two ahead of the 40th runner. A total of 294 competitors started the race.