Meet Information 
• Race: NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships  
• Location: Big Spring High School | Newville, PA
• Date: November 13, 2021
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's cross country team placed all five of its scoring runners in the top 20 and placed second in the final team standings at the 2021 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships Saturday morning with 63 points.  Carnegie Mellon won the team title as the Tartans posted an impressive score 30.

Race Highlights      
Sophomore Matt Kleiman led the way for the Blue Jays as he placed fourth overall with a time of 26:29.2  in the field of 222 competitors.  Packed into a group of six behind eventual champion Christopher Scharf of Dickinson, Kleiman was the third runner through among the six and he was just five seconds away from the runner-up finisher.
 
While Kleiman's effort led the way for the Blue Jays, it was the quartet of juniors Tyler Amos and Ian Spears and freshmen Charlie Teeter and Gavin McElhennon that were the keys to the runner-up finish.
 
Amos clocked in at 26:59.2 to place 12^th overall and he was followed closely by Teeter (14^th / 27:08.6), McElhennon (16^th / 27:12.0) and Spears (17^th / 27:13.6).
 
The Blue Jays actually placed all seven of their entries in the top 30 as sophomore Jonas Larson clocked in at 27:30.9 to place 24^th and freshman Tommy Li was 28^th after crossing at 27:35.0.
 
• Johns Hopkins was one of just two teams in the top five in the final team standings that did not have a senior among its entries.
 
What It Means
• Carnegie Mellon grabs an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Championships and Johns Hopkins is well positioned to land one of the 22 at-large spots in the 32-team field.  The tournament field will be announced on Sunday, November 14.
 
• This is Johns Hopkins' second consecutive runner-up finish at the regional championships and today's second-place finish marks the fourth top-two finish for Johns Hopkins since 2013.