Jacob Dinerman (#54) competes at the NCAA Div. III Cross Country Championships
Dinerman places 92nd at NCAA Div. III Cross Country Championships
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Nov. 22, 2025) –Rutgers University-Camden junior
Jacob Dinerman finished 92nd at the NCAA Div. III Men's Cross Country Championships here Saturday morning.
Dinerman posted a time of 25:14.7 in the 8K race, which was won by senior Emmanuel Leblond of Johns Hopkins University in a time of 23:35.0. A total of 291 runners finished the race, while three didn't finish.
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Wisconsin-La Crosse won the team title with 82 points in a field of 32 full programs. SUNY-Geneseo finished second at 132 points.
Dinerman, who was the top New Jersey Athletic Conference runner at the meet, became the first Scarlet Raptor to compete in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships since Alec Connelly in 2011.
Dinerman set the Rutgers-Camden 8K program record on Nov. 15, posting a time of 24:43.4 at the NCAA Div. III Metro Region Cross Country Championships, where he finished fourth out of 181 runners to earn his trip to the national championships. He broke Travis Stewart's program mark of 24:46.08, set at the NJAC Cross Country Championships on Nov. 1, 2008. Stewart went on to become the program's lone cross country All-American that season.
Dinerman earned NJAC Second Team honors this fall before capturing All-Metro Region recognition. He captured NJAC First Team honors last year in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, becoming the first Rutgers-Camden athlete to record a First Team all-conference sweep during all three seasons of a scholastic year.
Leading runner: Emmanuel Leblond (Johns Hopkins), 23:35.0
