UMBC

Shawn Shokry led the UMBC men across the line at the Lehigh Paul Short Run on Friday.

The UMBC men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the 33^rd running of the Lehigh Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon.  The UMBC men’s team took 31^st out of 42 men’s programs while the women’s team placed 28^th out of 35 women’s programs in their respective collegiate invitational.

The UMBC men ran an 8K course with Shawn Shokry placing the highest for UMBC with a time of 26:01 and 121^st overall.  J.J. Wetzel took 131^st overall in 26:08 followed by Blake Davis in 26:30 (163^rd), Anthony Kelhower in 26:42 (185^th) and Andrew Madisin in 26:56 (203^rd).  UMBC recorded a team score of 803 with 276 total competitors in the race. 

The women competed in a 6K comprised of 237 total competitors.  Senior captain Kathleen Galan ran a time of 23:09 for 116^th overall.  Freshman Susan Gabriel placed 129^th in 23:29.  Emily Saltsman in 177^th and a time of 24:01, Morgan Little in 184^th with a time of 24:10 and Tawny Barin in 197^th with a time of 24:32 rounded out the UMBC scoring.