AMBLER ATHLETE

Ambler man makes way up all-time Villanova Performance List for Track and Field

A junior distance runner from Ambler recently clinched ninth place in Villanova University history in the 5000 meters during the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, according to university athletics.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Devon Comber. (Credit: Villanova University)

A junior distance runner from Ambler recently clinched ninth place in Villanova University history in the 5000 meters during the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, according to university athletics.

Devon Comber beat his personal best record by 20 seconds, per the report, to come in with an event time of 13:45.90. At that time, it was his first race at the Duke Invitational, per the report.

According to the school, Comber now is ranked ninth in the Villanova all-time performance list for collegiate event, where he also broke eight minutes in the 3000 meters outdoors.

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Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.