SALISBURY, Md. - First-year runner Sevan Ikeda (Fremont, Calif.) had quite the debut for the Gallaudet University men's cross country team here Saturday at the Salisbury University Fall Classic at WinterPlace Park.

Ikeda finished the 8K race fourth overall with a time of 25 minutes and 29.20 seconds. The time is the fourth fastest in Gallaudet school history. This was Ikeda's first collegiate race.

Ikeda is the first Bison to post a Top 10 school mark in an 8K race since 2015 when first-year runner Otto Kingstedt posted four Top 10 marks. Kingstedt's best time as a Bison was 26:02, which is now fifth overall just behind Ikeda. Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Famer Gregory Warren still holds the top three 8K times but those times are within range of Ikeda. Warren's school record time in the 8K is 24:49, just over 41 seconds ahead of Ikeda.

Gallaudet's other runner in Saturday's meet was sophomore runner Allen Davis (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), who made his cross country debut. Davis finished 46th overall with a time of 38:51.60.

Ikeda and Davis were Gallaudet's only runners in the meet. The Bison did not receive a team score since they did not have five runners finish the race.

Rowan University junior Colin Patterson won the 8K race in 25:14.70 as he finished first out of 49 runners.  The host Sea Gulls won the meet as the maroon and gold edged out he U.S. Naval Academy, a Division I program, by five points. Salisbury tallied 32 points with five runners in the Top 12 spots including a trio of runners that finished second, third and fourth. The Midshipmen had five runners in the Top 10 with their first crossing the line in fifth place. Rowan was third with 51 points and Regent University was a distant fourth (120).

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