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Senior Alex Hyland ran a blistering 21:58 for the 6K course at the Paul Short Invitational.

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The men’s and women’s cross country teams finished competition at the Lehigh Paul Short Invitational on Saturday, finishing in 33^rd and 43^rd place with 829 and 1152 total places, respectively.

Senior Alex Hyland (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South/St. Francis) led the Retrievers on the women’s side, finishing the 6K course in a time of 21:58, good for 62^nd place.  Hyland’s time is the first time in recent UMBC history that an athlete has broken 22:00 on a 6K course.

Sophomore Suzanne Gabriel (Falls Church, Va./McLean) crossed the line second for the Retrievers, with a time of 23:45, for 207^th place, while senior Tawny Barin (Columbus, N.J./N. Burlington County) was third with a 284^th place finish in 25:12.

Freshman Cortney Crouse (Union Bridge, Md./Linganore) and junior Allison Mathis (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) rounded out the scoring five, finishing 301^st in a time of 26:06 and 308^th in a time of 26:24, respectively.

Freshman Paul Zwama (Groningen, Netherlands/CSG Dingstede) led the men, finishing 64^th with an 8K time of 25:30.  Junior Andrew Madison (Edgewater, Md./South River) followed Zwama as the second Retriever to cross the line as he finished with a time of 26:10 for 137^th place.

Freshman Chris Bowie (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) was next across for the Retrievers, finishing 151^st in a time of 26:15, while freshmen Chris Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg) and Colin Haser (Sykseville, Md./Century) rounded out the top five finishing in 208^th and 269^th place with times of 26:53 and 29:46, respectively. 

The Retrievers will take a week off before traveling to Williamsburg, Va. For the William and Mary Tribe Invitational on Oct. 13.