GLASSBORO, N.J. – Top 10 finish at NCAA Regionals on Saturday earns Tom Flear of Widener Men's Cross Country a trip to the 2023 NCAA Championship.
 
In team standings, the Pride would place 10^th of 25 teams with 272 points. Just ahead of the Pride were the Stockton Ospreys with 260 points.
 
With a top 10 finish, Flear would cross the finish line in a 24:59.8 and pace a 5:01.7. Flear's 7^th place finish punched his ticket to the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships. His final time would also earn a personal best by nearly three minutes from the 2023 MAC Championships two weeks prior and a minute from the Rowan Border Battle earlier this season.
 
Just falling outside of the top 50 was senior Joe Nescio. Nescio would finish in a 26:27.0 and pace a 5:19.2 mile to place 51^st of 177 runners.
 
Michael Carolan and Tim Shoul would finish back to back with Carolan leading in a 26:52.7 just missing 67^th. Shoul finished two seconds later with a 26:54.1. Both would pace a 5:24 mile.
 
Zachary Rementer saw a 79^th place finish with a 27:26.0 time and a 5:31.1 pace. Heading into the final steps of the race, Rementer crossed just .9 faster than Steven's Caleb Stephen. Rounding out the top 100 for the Pride was Isaiah Brewer who would clock a 28:04.7 in 9^th place.
 
UP NEXT
Tom Flear's seventh place finish will earn a spot in the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18 in Carlisle, Pa. This year's championships are hosted by Dickinson.