The
#13 ranked New York University men's cross country team won the the Paul Short Invite White Race 8K hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, on Friday, October 3.
The Violets dominated the race, collecting points as the 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 20th overall place finishers. NYU finished the race with 54 points, with Amherst College finishing a distant second (93).
Theodore Udelson-Nee was the highest finisher for the Violets, taking sixth place with a time of 24:31.7, beating his personal best time by a minute and a half.
Liam Hagerty came in two-tenths of a second later, claiming seventh with a new personal best of 24:31.9.
Andrew Taylor (24:36.0) and
Jeffrey Chen (24:39.8) finished back-to-back as well, taking 10th and 11th place, respectively, as the former broke his personal best by two seconds.
Huckleberry Oakes was the final runner to score for the Violets, finishing in 20th place (24:54.0).
Alex Hrycysyzn finished one spot behind Oakes in the standings (24:54.8), with
Shaurya Srivastava (53rd),
Greg Borden (107th),
Luke Munoz (148th), and
Jacob Christy (257th) also representing NYU.
Overall, 45 teams and 407 runners competed.
In the Open Race 8K, 575 runners completed the course (there was no team scoring) and the Violets placed all of their eight runners in the top half. Out of the eight runners, six came back with personal bests.
James Jenkins was NYU's leading runner, placing 124th with a time of 25:40.3, which was a new career best for him by 13 seconds.
Brandon Meiner's race broke his previous best time by four seconds, posting 25:50.8 and finishing in 150th place.
Samir Hussain was the other top-200 finisher for the Violets, placing at 194th, and breaking his old best by almost a full minute (26:07.4).
"We are really proud of the efforts the team had today," said Head Coach
Tyler Deck Shipley. "We looked like a complete squad and look forward to getting back to work over the next couple weeks."
The Violets hit the course next on Saturday, October 18, at the Connecticut College Invitational hosted by Connecticut College in Waterford, CT.
