At the NCAA Championship, RPI first-year Vince Simonetti was third on the team and 114th overall with a total time of 24:56.5 to help the Engineers to a 14th place finish in the 8k event. He ran at a 5:02 per mile pace. He had a 1k split of 3:13.6, reached 3k in 9:24.4 and ran a 19:58.8 6.4k time. He was .4 behind the competitor in front of him and .2 ahead of the 115th place finisher. A total of 294 competitors started the race.