Friday, September 30
South Bend, Ind.
10 AM
University of Tennessee
at
Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
Yaseen Abdalla & Dylan Jacobs Lead Vols to Second-Place Finish at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
September 30, 2022 | Cross Country
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Tennessee cross country newcomers Yaseen Abdalla and Dylan Jacobs earned top-10 individual finishes Friday morning at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite as they led the Vols to a second-place team finish.
UT scored 104 points and finished ahead of four ranked opponents – No. 22 Montana State (144), No. 24 Butler (180), No. 25 Alabama (126) and No. 27 Michigan (217). The Vols also beat South Region foes Florida State (267) who placed 11th overall in the field.
Individually, Abdalla finished fourth overall at 23:24.4 as the 2021 cross country All-American made his Tennessee debut. Jacobs – the reigning 10k national champion – was not far behind as he placed eighth in his first race as a Vol at 23:26.3.
Sophomore Eli Nahom continued his strong season with a 19th-place finish at 23:45.1. The New Milford, Connecticut, native has run in every race this season and has placed top-20 each time, including winning the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational.
Jacob Lewis in 33rd (24:00.3) and Karl Thiessen in 40th (24:06.8) closed out the Tennessee top five.
UP NEXT
Tennessee will enter an extended training period as it prepares for the 2022 SEC Cross Country Championships. The championships will be hosted by Ole Miss and are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 in Oxford, Mississippi.
RESULTS
Men's 5-Mile (104 points – 2nd of 21)
4. Yaseen Abdalla – 23:24.4
8. Dylan Jacobs – 23:26.3
19. Eli Nahom – 23:45.1
33. Jacob Lewis – 24:00.3
40. Karl Thiessen – 24:06.8
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Riley Buchholz – 24:34.4
Canaan Anderson – 24:45.0
Will Cronin – 24:53.0
Conner Hawkins – 25:30.2
UT scored 104 points and finished ahead of four ranked opponents – No. 22 Montana State (144), No. 24 Butler (180), No. 25 Alabama (126) and No. 27 Michigan (217). The Vols also beat South Region foes Florida State (267) who placed 11th overall in the field.
Individually, Abdalla finished fourth overall at 23:24.4 as the 2021 cross country All-American made his Tennessee debut. Jacobs – the reigning 10k national champion – was not far behind as he placed eighth in his first race as a Vol at 23:26.3.
Sophomore Eli Nahom continued his strong season with a 19th-place finish at 23:45.1. The New Milford, Connecticut, native has run in every race this season and has placed top-20 each time, including winning the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational.
Jacob Lewis in 33rd (24:00.3) and Karl Thiessen in 40th (24:06.8) closed out the Tennessee top five.
UP NEXT
Tennessee will enter an extended training period as it prepares for the 2022 SEC Cross Country Championships. The championships will be hosted by Ole Miss and are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 in Oxford, Mississippi.
RESULTS
Men's 5-Mile (104 points – 2nd of 21)
4. Yaseen Abdalla – 23:24.4
8. Dylan Jacobs – 23:26.3
19. Eli Nahom – 23:45.1
33. Jacob Lewis – 24:00.3
40. Karl Thiessen – 24:06.8
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Riley Buchholz – 24:34.4
Canaan Anderson – 24:45.0
Will Cronin – 24:53.0
Conner Hawkins – 25:30.2
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