Concord Resumes Action at Paul Short Run

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's and women's cross country teams are back on the course after a three-week break when they travel to the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Friday afternoon.

RACE SCHEDULE
12:15 p.m. – Men's 8,000-meter race
2:30 p.m. – Women's 6,000-meter race

LAST TIME OUT
The last race for the Mountain Lions came at the Concord Alumni Invite September 9. CU won both the men's and women's meet. The Maroon and Gray occupied the first four spots in the women's race with senior Emily Wallace winning in a time of 20:07 for the 5,000-meter course at Pipestem State Park. Sophomore Erin O'Sullivan crossed in second (20:49), fifth-year senior Hannah Altizer came through in third (21:24) and freshman Katy Walkup finished fourth (21:55).

The CU men's team occupied seven of the top nine spots with fifth-year senior Issac Prather picking up his second-straight win to begin the season, completing the 8,000-meter distance in 25:44. Junior Preston Prather came through in 26:55 to place second and fifth-year senior Cedric Drennen was third (27:34). Sophomore Logan Zuchelli (fifth / 27:50), junior Caleb Hatcher (sixth / 28:34), senior Alex Watty (seventh / 28:37) and sophomore Ethan Board (ninth / 29:08) were the Mountain Lions in the top 10.

PAUL SHORT RUN NOTES
The Concord men's team is ranked third in the region this week and will race head-to-head against Davis & Elkins, IUP, Lock Have and Shippensburg who are all ranked in the top 10 as well. Other stiff competition for the Mountain Lions on Friday will be Atlantic Region school East Stroudsburg as well as Division I schools American, Duquesne, Elon, Fairfield and Holy Cross. CU finished fourth at the Paul Short Run last year.

The women's race will feature a host of Division II schools including Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Fairmont State, Indiana (Pa.), Kutztown, Pitt-Johnstown, Southern Connecticut State and West Chester. The Mountain Lions finished eighth last year with Altizer finishing eighth individually, Wallace crossing in 14^th and O'Sullivan making her way into the top 25 with a 24^th-place showing.