Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Senior Alexis Jones turned in an impressive performance in her first cross country meet of the season Saturday at the Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. On a rainy day, Jones posted a 5K time of 20:59.2 to finish third out of 112 runners at the Philadelphia Metro Invitational. She finished only 8.5 seconds behind the leading runner and her clocking on the soggy day was the 17th-best 5K time in program history. In her first season at Rutgers-Camden last year, the transfer from Rowan College at Gloucester County was the leading runner in every one of her races.