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Cross Country Wraps Competition at 32nd Paul Short Run

Freshmen Pisano, Hawkins lead Colonial men, women to top 40 showings

Oct. 1, 2005

BETHLEHEM, PA - Led by freshmen Chris Pisano (Toms River, NJ) and Audrey Hawkins (Barrington, RI), the George Washington men's and women's cross country teams finished 40th and 39th in their respective races Saturday morning at the 32nd annual Paul Short Run held on host Lehigh's Goodman Campus.

This year's event featured the largest field in the meet's history, including several nationally-ranked squads in both the men's 8K and women's 6K Collegiate Invitational races.

Leading the way for the women was Hawkins, who was making her season debut for the Colonials. She covered the women's 6K course in 22:33 to finish 132nd out of 309 total runners. Senior Lindsay Blum (Holland, PA) and junior Taylor Leavitt (Turner, ME) were GW's next best finishers at 179th and 195th, respectively. Completing the top five for the Colonials were sophomores Mae Polhemus (Boca Raton, FL) (229th) and Michelle Concannon (LaGrangeville, NY) (241st). Polhemus clocked 23:35, while Concannon crossed the line at 23:44. Senior Colleen McCauley (Havertown, PA) finished with a time of 24:27 to place 276th.

Pisano, meanwhile, lowered his season-best time for the second consecutive week to pace the men's squad as its top finisher. He finished with a mark of 25:33 to place 129th overall out of 299. Sophomore Daniel Morgan (Danville, KY) was the Colonials' second-best finisher at 26:26 to place 231st. Freshmen Collin Stevenson (Sumner, WA) and Keith Moody (Orange, FL) followed Morgan across the finish line in 26:30 (240th) and 26:52 (258th), respectively. Sophomore Mark Drath (Los Angeles, CA) rounded out the top five with a time of 27:12 to claim 277th. In addition, senior Alex Kim (Scarsdale, NY) finished in 27:40 for 288th, while sophomore Christian Woodside (Edmond, OK) took 290th at 27:48.

 

 

Columbia, ranked 20th nationally, won the women's team race, while 12th-ranked Georgetown became just the second team in Paul Short history to post three straight victories on the men's side.

The Colonials are back in action in two weeks when they travel to Williamsburg, VA, on Saturday, Oct. 15, for the Tribe Open, hosted by William & Mary, set to begin at 11 a.m.

Women's 6K Results
1. Columbia, 121
2. Georgetown, 138
3. Tennessee, 185
4. Maryland, 226
5. Cornell, 230
6. Villanova, 258
7. La Salle, 261
8. Pennsylvania, 279
9. Stony Brook, 317
10. Bucknell, 340
11. Univ. Of California, 343
12. Davidson, 398
13. Richmond, 463
14. Charlotte, 481
15. Us Military Academy, 482
16. Us Naval Academy, 515
17. Lehigh, 538
18. Rhode Island, 550
19. Rutgers, 567
20. Buffalo, 592
21. Duquesne, 628
22. Ithaca, 636
23. Penn State, 641
24. Pittsburgh, 663
25. Saint Francis Pa, 669
26. Appalachian State, 682
27. T C N J., 697
28. Auburn, 711
29. Binghamton, 723
30. Lafayette, 785
31. Colgate, 827
32. Wayne State, 829
33. Saint Josephs, 832
34. Tampa, 858
34. Delaware, 858
36. Kutztown, 868
37. N C At Wilmington, 926
38. Massachusetts, 955
39. GW, 976
40. Winthrop, 997
41. Loyola, 1015
42. Queens U (Canada), 1032
43. Monmouth, 1115
44. U N C Greensboro, 1174
45. Detroit Mercy, 1195
46. U M B C, 1251
47. VMI, 1381


Men's 8K Results
1. Georgetown, 123
2. La Salle, 154
3. Princeton, 170
4. Auburn, 218
5. Columbia, 234
6. Duquesne Univ., 283
7. Pennsylvania, 288
8. Penn State, 291
9. Lehigh, 297
10. Villanova Univ., 297
11. Appalachian State, 313
12. Us Military Academy, 339
13. Haverford C, 341
14. Wayne State, 347
15. Charlotte, 410
16. Va Intermont, 453
17. Saint Josephs, 512
18. Shippensburg, 551
19. Saint Francis Pa, 559
20. New York Univ., 564
21. Va Military Institute, 589
22. Lock Haven, 608
23. Buffalo, 620
24. Univ. Of California, 660
25. Bucknell, 671
26. Delaware, 721
27. Pittsburgh, 745
28. Richmond, 755
29. U M B C, 774
30. T C N J., 781
31. Winthrop, 812
32. Maryland, 814
33. Queens U (Canada), 815
34. Massachusetts, 843
35. Colgate, 866
36. Davidson, 945
37. Va. Commonwealth, 1016
38. Lafayette, 1022
39. Monmouth, 1101
40. GW, 1124
41. Univ Of Detroit Mercy, 1141
42. Binghamton, 1169
43. Loyola, 1191
44. Rhode Island, 1286