Dukes Compete At Paul Short Invitational

Saturday, September 29

Bethlehem, Pa.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Paul Short Invitational

9/29/2018 2:09:00 PM | Cross Country

Open Results Gold Results

BETHLEHEM, PA – James Madison cross country competed at the 45th running of the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh on Saturday morning. The team finished 35^th as a team in the Gold Race, while Yale won the race with 118 points.

RACE RECAP

JMU faced two nationally ranked teams in the Gold Race (Georgia & Utah State)
The Dukes faced 22 regionally ranked teams in the Gold Race; out of 41 total teams
Madelynn Knight recorded a personal best 6K time of 22:52 in the race
Only two other CAA schools competed in the Gold Race; William & Mary (25^th) and College of Charleston (40^th)
Katie Fox and Anna Marcucci competed in their first collegiate 6K race in the Paul Short Open Race with 376 runners
Both came in under 25 minutes to set their collegiate personal bests in the 6K
Sophie Bollinger, Sinead Sargeant, Lanie Jo Knight, Averi Witt and Grace Edison all competed in their first 6K for JMU in the Gold Race to set personal best times

JMU RUNNERS: Two Races (One had 376 runners, one had 368 runners)

Place	Name	Time	Race/# of Runners
120	Katie Fox	24:29	6K Open/376
128	Anna Marcucci	24:34	6K Open/376
100	Erica Jackson	22:14	6K Gold/368
145	Erin Saunders	22:31	6K Gold/368
160	Kayla Connelly	22:36	6K Gold/368
186	Madelynn Knight	22:52	6K Gold/368
193	Averi Witt	22:55	6K Gold/368
225	Sophie Bollinger	23:21	6K Gold/368
260	Lanie Jo Knight	23:56	6K Gold/368
309	Grace Edison	24:03	6K Gold/368
319	Sinead Sargeant	24:19	6K Gold/368

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Rinker: "While our finish wasn't what we wanted, we did some good things. We are really young and we were missing a few people. We have been practicing at a much higher level and we'll come around when it counts."

UP NEXT
The Dukes will head to University Park, Pa. for the Penn State Open on Friday, October 12 at 10 a.m.