BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Rutgers cross country returned to competition on Saturday as the squad participated in the 50th Paul Short Run on the campus of Lehigh University.
Lorena David led the women's team, while
Jack Tavaglione paced the men.
"Today was a solid checkpoint to mark the halfway point of the season," said
Nicol Starkes, associate head coach. "On the women's side,
Lorena David led the squad to beat a few teams ranked ahead of us in the Mid-Atlantic Region. On the men's side, unfortunately a majority of the team was involved in a pileup at a critical part of the race.
Jack Tavaglione led the squad to a 20-second 1-5 spread."
David was the top finisher for the women for the third-straight race of the season, closing out the 6K race in 21:03.5 to place 58th in a field of more than 375 runners. Rounding out the scoring for the Scarlet Knights was
Kelseigh O'Neil in a time of 21:38.6 to finish 127th, followed by
Casey Walter (146th; 21:45.7,
Sofia Condron (225th; 22:17.7) and
Madison Brown (253rd; 22:35.9)
On the men's side, the field also featured nearly 400 runners with Tavaglione guiding the Scarlet Knights with a time of 25:00.0 to finish 137th. He was joined by
Kyle Rakitis (172nd; 25:16.2),
Brian Pedretti (174th; 25:17.1),
Stephen Kyvelos (185th; 25:20.3) and
Hisham Ettayebi (186th; 25:20.4) to round out the top five for Rutgers.
The Scarlet Knights return to action on Friday, October 18 for the Princeton Fall Classic.
Team Standing
Men's Results – 8K (31st out of 41)
137.
Jack Tavaglione 25:00.0
172.
Kyle Rakitis 25:16.2
174.
Brian Pedretti 25:17.1
185.
Stephen Kyvelos 25:20.3
186.
Hisham Ettayebi 25:20.4
Women's Results – 6K (29th out of 42)
58.
Lorena David 21:03.5
127.
Kelseigh O'Neil 21:38.6
146.
Casey Walter 21:45.7
225.
Sofia Condron 22:17.7
253.
Madison Brown 22:35.9
