GETTYSBURG, PA – The third-ranked Johns Hopkins men's cross country team produced the individual champion, had the top three finishers and eight of the top 10 as the Blue Jays cruised to their fourth consecutive Centennial Conference title on Saturday morning at Gettysburg College.  The Blue Jays finished with 19 points to easily claim their sixth overall Centennial title, all of which have come since 2013.
 
Haverford, which produced the two top-10 individual finishers not dressed in Hopkins Blue and Black, finished second in the team standings with 66 points, while Swarthmore (77), Dickinson (93) and the host Bullets (174) rounded out the top five in the team scoring.
 
Senior Emmanuel Leblond grabbed his third consecutive individual title as he crossed in 24:13.70 to outpace teammate Anthony Clark, who grabbed silver with a time of 24:22.40.  The Blue Jays would make it a clean sweep of gold, silver and bronze three seconds after Clark finished as junior Kenny Wanlass clocked in at 24:27.20 to place third.
 
Leblond, who joins Haverford legend Karl Paranya (1994-96) as the only three-time individual champions in league history with his victory, did what he does best – finish strong.  After running with the lead pack for the first 4.2 miles, he pulled away over the final eight-tenths of a mile, which he covered in 3:09.8 to account for his nearly nine-second margin of victory.

For their part, Clark (3:18.3) and Wanlass (3:19.5) ensured the one-two-three finish with strong finishes as well as they were the only other two competitors to run the final eight-tenths of a mile in under 3:20.
 
The Blue Jays once again displayed their depth en route to winning the team title.  Sophomore Olaf Dietz placed sixth (24:36.70) and was the first of five consecutive Blue Jays to cross the line as he was followed closely by Connor Oiler (24:41.50), Rowan Cassidy (24:45.90), Brady Ott (24:46.30) and Caleb Tenney (24:46.90).
 
Clark and Tenney were two of just three freshmen to finish in the top 10 with Clark's runner-up finish the highest by a freshman in league history.
 
Leblond caps the Centennial Conference Championship portion of his career in rare company as his three individual titles, coupled with a fifth-place finish as a freshman, make him just the third runner in league history to earn First Team All-Centennial honors four times (top seven finishers earn first team honors.