Quinnipiac University
Lehigh Paul Short Invitational
Women's Cross Country Places 18th out of 40 teams at Lehigh Paul Short Run
9/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Quinnipiac women's cross country team placed 18th at the 39th annual Lehigh Paul Short Run on Friday morning. The Bobcats competed against 39 collegiate teams in the Women's Gold 6k Race and finished with a total of 593 points, while Cornell University won the meet with 55 points. Senior Becca White (Natick, Mass.) led the Bobcat contingent with a 74th-place finish and a time of 21:50.
"We all competed today and I think the race went pretty well overall," Quinnipiac women's cross country head coach Carolyn Martin said. "The girls are really making an effort to pack up into groups during the race which has paid off in the past. In a race like this with around 350 competitors it really helps to stay together and it paid off today."
The 18th-place team finish is seven spots higher than the 2011 Lehigh Paul Short Run result for the Bobcats and the total time this year of 1:51:39 was nearly two minutes faster than Quinnipiac's result last year, 1:53:14. Quinnipiac also finished several spots ahead of regional powers Delaware, St. Joseph's, and Maryland, all of which are ranked No. 11, 12, and 14, respectively in the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Regional Women's Cross Country Rankings.
Junior Jessica Soja (Simsbury, Conn.) continues her breakout season with a 103rd-place finish and time of 22:10, besting her 2011 Lehigh Paul Short Run result of 24:46. The next three finishers for Quinnipiac executed Coach Martin's plan for packed running well as they all finished within five seconds of one another. Junior Amanda Faust (Macungie, Pa.) crossed the finish line in 22:31, good for 135th-place, while freshman Chelsea Savage (Pembroke, Mass.) finished fourth for the Bobcats in 22:33, her highest team finish of the season. Junior Brianna Faust (Macungie, Pa.) rounded out the trio for Quinnipiac with a 143rd-place finish and a time of 22:36.
The Bobcats are now in line for the New England Championships at Stanley Park in Westfield, Mass. on Sunday, Oct. 7. The women's sub varsity race will begin at 12 p.m. and varsity opens at 1:30 p.m.
2012 Lehigh Paul Short Run Team Results
PLACE TEAM POINTS
1 Cornell University 55
2 College of William 102
3 Georgetown 106
4 Yale University 147
5 Dartmouth College 149
6 Providence College 167
7 Villanova 184
8 Brown University 196
9 Univ of New Hampshire 331
10 Navy 332
11 Stony Brook 343
12 Univ. of Vermont 383
13 Harvard University 414
14 Duquesne University 449
15 Johns Hopkins 450
16 Univ of Pennsylvania 490
17 Shippensburg 556
18 Quinnipiac University 593
19 University of Delawar 615
20 Univ of Tennessee 617
21 Marist College 624
22 Rice University 633
23 U S Military Acad 654
24 St. Lawrence 692
25 Univ of Maryland 700
26 Boston University 740
27 Saint Josephs 751
28 Stonehill 769
29 University at Buffalo 770
30 Lehigh University 840
31 Loyola Univ Maryland 861
32 Virginia Military Ins 871
33 Colgate University 884
34 University of Mass 891
35 Rider University 934
36 Binghamton 977
37 Coll of the Holy Cros 980
38 University of Miami 1097
39 Usc Upstate 1186
40 Virginia Commonwealth 1329
Contact: Maxx McNall; maxx.mcnall@quinnipiac.edu
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