ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany cross country program will head to Lehigh University this weekend to take place in the Paul Short Invitational in the last meet before two-straight home events over the next month.

Meet Info

Paul Short Run, Saturday, October 5

Goodman Campus Cross Country Course

Men: 8K Open, 9:30 a.m.

Women: 6K Open, 10:15 a.m.

Men: 8K Gold, 11:00 a.m.

Women: 6K Gold, 11:45 a.m.

Live Results

Leading the Pack

• Hannah Reinhardt has been named America East Performer of the Week twice this season in two opportunities, running her streak to six-straight
• Paul Short will feature the largest competitive field of the season the Great Danes will face
• The women will run 6K for the first time this season
• Both the men and women have drawn Box 2
• The women's Gold 6K features 44 teams, 26 of which hold regional rankings, and one of which, Princeton, is ranked nationally
• The women's race features three regional top-five programs in Princeton (Mid-Atlantic #2), Villanova (Mid-Atlantic #3), and Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic #4), and nine of the top-15 Northeast region teams
• The men's Gold 8K features 45 teams, 25 of which hold regional rankings, and two of which, Iona and Villanova, are ranked nationally
• The men's race features sic regional top-five programs in Iona (Northeast #2), Villanova (Mid-Atlantic #2), Army West Point (Northeast #3), Stony Brook (Northeast #4), Temple (Mid-Atlantic #4), and Navy (Mid-Atlantic #5), and nine of the Northeast region's top-15 teams

Men's Entries – A. Beltran, Constantinos, Garcia, Gay, Johnson, Kiptum, Menis, Perillo, Ragone, Ramdani

Women's Entries – Brogan, Butterfield, Coddington, Guilfoyle, Iocca, Leonard, Machabee, Planavsky, Quarshie, Reinhardt, Rutt

Last Time Out

The Great Danes took their only trip to Boston of the season to compete in the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown hosted by Boston College at Franklin Park.  Eight women and three men ran season bests, including top men's finisher Christopher Perillo, who placed 96th overall in a personal best time of 25:58.8.

Last Time at Paul Short

Hannah Reinhardt highlighted the 2018 trip to Paul Short, finishing sixth overall in the women's Gold 6K with a personal-best time of 20:39.7.  Reinhardt surpassed Jessica Donohue's 20:55.0 to move into third place in program history, behind Silvia Del Fava (20:20.1, 2014) and Brittney Lane (20:24.2, 2012).  The women placed 33rd overall in the race, without #2 runner Cara Sherman competing.  The men finished 36th, without 2018's top runner Victor Ortiz Rivera, behind top finisher Charlie Ragone, who placed 88th in 25:32.0. 

Team Captains

Six Great Danes were elected team captain for the 2019-20 school year ahead of the cross country season.  Two women, Kiyah Owens and Hannah Reinhardt, return as captains for another year, while the first-timers include Tori Reid, and all three men's selections, Adrian Mitchell, Garfield Napier, and Christopher Perillo.

Hosting Duties

For the first time since the 2011 season, UAlbany will host the America East XC Championship meet.  The championship, which takes place on November 2, will be the second of two meets held on UAlbany's home course, the first being the 52nd R.K. Munsey UAlbany XC Invitational, which will serve as this season's America East Pre-Conference Meet, on October 18.

Defending Champions

Behind individual champion Hannah Reinhardt, who was UAlbany's first-ever male or female individual XC champion, the Great Dane women won their first-ever America East team title, scoring 46 points to defeat runner-up Stony Brook, who scored 59 points.  UAlbany placed four in the top 11, with Reinhardt pacing the field, followed by Cara Sherman in seventh, Holly Machabee in 10th, and Kaylah Quarshie in 11th.  UAlbany's fifth and final scorer, Kelly Iocca, placed 17th.

Triple Crown

After winning the 2019 America East XC team title, the UAlbany women went on to claim team victories in the America East Indoor and Outdoor Championship meets, becoming the first women's program in conference history to win all three titles in the same academic year.  Previously, the 2011-12 UAlbany men and 1988-89 Northeastern men had claimed the Triple Crown.

Next

UAlbany will visit Lehigh University for the Paul Short Invitational on Saturday, October 5, where the women's team will run their first 6K of the season.