Mercer Men Places Fifth at Berry Invitational

Saturday, October 15

Rome, GA

Mercer University

Berry Invitational

Mercer Men Places Fifth at Berry Invitational

10/15/2016 2:26:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

ROME, Ga. – Behind a fourth-place individual finish by Ahmed Jama, the Mercer men's cross country team placed fifth overall at the Berry Invitational 8K on Saturday morning. The event was hosted by Berry College and featured 19 different men's programs.

Jama, who set Mercer's school record in the 8K two weeks ago, finished with a time of 25:48.03 to lead the Bears. He placed behind a pair of runners from Young Harris and one from Birmingham-Southern. Two other Mercer runners placed in the top-50: Michael Rowlands (43rd) with a time of 27:25.31 and Mac Power (50th) with a time of 27:36.46.

Eight more Bears finished the 8K event, including Mark Brannen, Abraham Balawi, Marc Reiser, Justin Hanson and Sam Gelabert, all of which finished under the 29-minute mark.

Mercer's total team time was 2:16:55.95, finishing behind champion University of the South, runner-up and host Berry College, Emory and Jacksonville State.

UP NEXT
The Bears will compete next at the Southern Conference Championships in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Saturday, Oct. 29.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE BEARS
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