BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's men's cross country team competed at the Paul Short Run on Saturday morning, racing on an 8k course hosted on Goodman Campus at Lehigh University.
 
ABOUT THE EVENT

• The men competed in the open and the gold divisions, running on an 8k course on the day.
• St. Joe's finished tied for 19th out of 44 teams.
• 367 runners spanned across the gold race, while 585 runners competed in the open race. 11 Hawks competed in the open event, nine in the gold race.

 
HOW THE HAWKS FINISHED (MEN'S COLLEGE GOLD 8K)

• Will Rau paced the Hawks with a personal best time of 24:50.0, beating his previous record by over 10 seconds.
• Anthony Gargani finished second for St. Joe's, setting a PR with a time of 24:56.5 to finish in the top third of the field.
• Senior Josh Forrest set his career best mark by over 50 seconds by running a 24:57.4 time.
• Followed shortly behind was Kevin Jumper who also set a personal best of 24:59.9. Michael Glavin closed in behind his teammate with a 25:00.6 time to finish the scoring for the Hawks.
• Jack Bolling made his 8k debut in the event with a time of 25:24.1.

 
HOW THE HAWKS FINISHED (OPEN MEN'S 8K)

• Matt Hoffman led the Hawks in the 8k with a PR of nearly 90 seconds with a time of 25:17.7 to finish 43rd.
• Shortly following the freshman, Aidan Doherty finished with a time of 25:24.3, good for 51st.
• Senior Dawson Baptiste finished right behind the two with a PR time of 25:27.9 for 57th place.
• Ethan McIntyre posted a time of 25:34.9, placing within the top 70 of the field.
• Sophomore Ian Romea registered a personal best time of 25:58.9.
• Patrick Coyle posted a PR with a time of 26:25.6.
• Brendan Hefferan (26:01.0) and Elijah Stoudt (26:59.6) both made their college 8k debuts.

 
UP NEXT
The Hawks return to action on Friday, October 18 in the IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.