Bethlehem, PA- The Saint Francis University cross country teams competed at the Paul Short Run on Saturday, October 5th in Bethlehem, PA. The men's and women's teams both came to show what they're made of with 22 new PR's, and five new top-ten SFU all time standings. 
 
Men's Overview- The men's team finished 10^th in the Brown race. Twelve of the SFU men ran new 8 km personal best times. The top three SFU finishers each produced times that rank them among the top ten fastest all-time for SFU at the 8 km cross country distance.
 
Junior Colin Kelly (Scranton, Pa./West Scranton) led the men with his 25^th place finish in a time of 25:08.9, which moved him into 6^th on the SFU all-time PR list. His time was a 1:06 improvement on his previous best time. Close behind was Junior Ian Gabig (Camp Hill, Pa./Camp Hill) took 27^th with a time of 25:09.5, which moved him into the 7^th all-time for SFU. That time was a 35 second improvement on his previous best time.
 
Finally, sophomore Brenden Miller (Millersburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) took 30^th with a time of 25:11.0, moving him into 8^th on the all-time SFU list for 8 km cross country. He as well improved his personal best by 8 seconds.
 
The largest PR's of the day came from freshman Tyler Napora (Somerset, Pa./Windber Area) (a 2:20 improvement to 27:47.2), freshman Zack Kohler (a 2:07 improvement to 26:24.1), freshman Matt Berzonsky (a 1:49 improvement to 28:10.3), sophomore Jonathan Allard (Keene, N.H./Keene) (a 1:11 improvement to 26:39.9), and freshman Ethan Knoebel (Northumberland, Pa. /Southern Columbia Area) (a 1:07 improvement to 26:08.9).
 
Four other SFU men improved their 8 km personal bests:  junior Ian Lauver (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) (a 0:35 improvement to 26:16.2), junior Glenn McGee (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon McMillian) (a 0:27 improvement to 26:44.6), sophomore Michael Gallagher (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) (a 14 second improvement to 27:59.5), and junior Cole Sunderland (a 4 second improvement to 26:55.9).
 
Women's Overview- The women's team finished 23^rd in the Brown race, with ten of the SFU women running new 6 km personal best times. The top two SFU finishers each ran times that rank them among the ten fastest all-time for SFU at the 6 km cross country distance.
 
Senior Laura Roth (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) improved her personal best by 1:03 with her 46^th place time of 22:05.1.  That time ranks her 8^th all-time for SFU at this distance.
 
Junior Madison Wright (Eaton, Ohio/Twin Valley South) improved her personal best by 20 seconds with her 50^th place time of 22:09.1, which ranks her 10^th all-time for SFU at the 6 km distance.
 
Sophomore Mandy McElheny (Homer City, Pa./Homer-Center) improved her personal best by a whopping 1:49 with her time of 24:32.5 for 199^th in the Open Race.
 
Three other SFU women improved their 6 km personal bests:  freshman Mackenzie Walker (Indiana, Pa./Marion Center) (a 0:48 improvement to 23:24.4), junior Nicole Neborg (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro Horsham) (a 0:48 improvement to 24:37.1), and sophomore Shannon Cody (Exton, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) (a 0:04 improvement to 22:59.6).
 
Complete results are attached here, and an SFU summary is listed below.
 
Women's Brown Race - 6,000m
46   Roth, Laura    22:05.1   *** PR and SFU 8th all-time ***
50   Wright, Madison    22:09.1   *** PR and SFU 10th all-time ***
152   Jaskowak, Catherine    22:57.9
157   Cody, Shannon    22:59.6   *** PR ***
203   Walker, Mackenzie    23:24.4   *** PR ***
208   Whitfield, Taya    23:26.2
256   Golden, Adiya    23:58.3   *** PR ***
277   Gregg, Monica    24:16.5   *** PR ***
298   Neborg, Nicole    24:37.1   *** PR ***
334   Gentile, Emma    25:18.5
 
Women's Open Race - 6,000m
199   McElheny, Mandy    24:32.5   *** PR ***
287   McElhenny, Quinn    25:39.9   *** PR ***
309   Wicks, Zoe    25:56.5   *** PR ***
331   Lafferty, Ashley    26:14.7
388   Fiebig, Moira    27:59.8
   
Men's Brown Race - 8,000m
25   Kelly, Colin    25:08.9   *** PR and SFU 6th all-time ***
27   Gabig, Ian    25:09.5   *** PR and SFU 7th all-time ***
30   Miller, Brenden    25:11.0   *** PR and SFU 8th all-time ***
166   Knoebel, Ethan    26:08.9   *** PR ***
190   Lauver, Ian    26:16.2   *** PR ***
212   Kohler, Zachary    26:24.1   *** PR ***
251   Allard, Jonathan    26:39.9   *** PR ***
285   Sunderland, Colton    26:55.9   *** PR ***
347   Gallagher, Michael    27:59.5   *** PR ***
356   Berzonsky, Matthew    28:10.3   *** PR ***
 
Men's Open Race - 8,000m
218   McGee, Glenn    26:44.6   *** PR ***
306   Moore, Nathan    27:27.8
341   Napora, Tyler    27:47.3   *** PR ***

Next up for the Red Flash is a trip to Gettysburg, PA to take part in the Gettysburg College Invitational two weekends from now on October 19th at 11:30 a.m.