Despite a school record time of 14:35.48 in the 5000-meter run from junior Jack Begley, the Case Western Reserve University track and field teams fell to University Athletic Association rival Carnegie Mellon University at the 13th Annual Battle for the Obelisk at the Veale Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday.
In the unique scoring format, the scores from the men's and women's results are tallied together to determine an overall winner. Carnegie Mellon won the meet 172-100. The Spartan men's team contributed 51 points, and the Spartan women's team added 49 points.
In addition to Begley, four members of the Spartan men's team secured first place finishes.