This Day in Mercer XC History -- Rosa Sets Record

Published 9/13/2026

18 years ago today, on September 13, 2008, West Windsor North's Joe Rosa set the course record at the Knights Invitational cross country meet, held in Plainsboro NJ.

Rosa's covered the 2-mile course in 9:38.22 to win his division. His new mark beat the previous course record set by John LiPuma--also from WWN.

There was a field of 64 competitors in Rosa's race. The top 10 Finishers were as follows:

Source: Milesplit NJ

The 15th ranked squad in NJ at the time, West Windsor North came away with the team title.

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