Men's And Women's Cross Country Compete In 2012 Paul Short Run; Women Grab Fifth Place Team Finish
BETHLEHEM, PA. (Sept. 30, 2012) – Both the men's and women's cross country teams participated in Lehigh's Paul Short Run this weekend. The women pulled out a fifth place team finish, and the men's
Thomas Speicher (Levittown, N.Y.) ran the 8K in a time of 26:38, a personal-best time.
Freshman
Elizabeth Stirling (Wantagh, N.Y.) led the women to the fifth place finish with a time of 23:40, an 11th place finish. Junior
Jenn McLaughlin (Seaford, N.Y.) crossed the finish line in 22nd place with a time of 24:07. Senior
Caitlin Smith (Levittown, N.Y.) finished the race in 43rd place with a time of 24:27. Coming in at 69
th and 72
nd place were
Angelica Price (Tampa, Fla.) and
Alexa Montegari (Wanaque, N.J.) with times of 25:34 and 25:39, respectively.
Rounding out the top seven finishers for the women were
Alex Gentile (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) finishing the race in 26:18 for an 100th place finish, and
Sara McLaughlin (Seaford, N.Y.) finishing in 117th place with a time of 26:40.
On the men's side, Speicher was the top Pioneer finisher, running the 8K course in 26:38, good for 75th place. Next to cross the finish line for LIU Post was senior
Christian Altamura (Seaford, N.Y.) with a 113th place finish with a time of 27:01. Senior
Ray Coyle (Woodhaven, N.Y) finished third for the Pioneers, crossing the line in 200th place with a time of 28:10.
Joseph Lasher (Seaford, N.Y.) was right behind Coyle finishing 202nd with a time of 28:14. Freshmen
Steven Arnone (Staten Island, N.Y.) and
Nick Russo (Farmingdale, N.Y.) followed with times of 29:15 and 31:28, good for 249th and 269th, respectively.
The Pioneers travel to Orlando, Fla. to compete in the Disney Classic on Oct. 6.