ALBANY, N.Y. – After three weeks of training since their season opener, the University at Albany cross country program returns to action this week at Lehigh University's prestigious Paul Short Run.
 
Meet Info
Paul Short Run
Murray Goodman Cross Country Course
Men's Gold 8K: 11:00 am
Women's Gold 6K: 11:45 am
Live Results
 
Men's Entries
Athanailos, Beltran, Dawkins, Diaz, Garcia, Gia. Henry, Gio. Henry, Meyers, Rogalski, Russell
 
Women's Entries
Chambers, Cruz-Delgado, Douglas, Fitzmaurice, Guilfoyle, Hayes, Hrelja, Iocca, Rose, Smith
 
Last Time Out
The Great Danes opened their season locally at the Siena XC Invitational.  The men raced first, placing eighth overall in a field of 14 teams, scoring 242 points.  Brandon Garcia paced the men, placing 46th overall in 26:24.8 over the 8K course.  The women raced their 5K after the men finished, and sophomore Tess Fitzmaurice once again finished first among her teammates, the seventh-straight time to start her career.  Fitzmaurice placed fourth overall in 18:15.0, and Noreen Guilfoyle placed 10th in 18:34.3.  The women finished fourth overall, also in a field of 14 teams, scoring 108 points.
 
Last Time at Paul Short
October 5, 2019 | The Great Danes visited Lehigh University for the 46th Paul Short Run, which the largest competitive field of the season in terms of participating runners and team.  The meet also offered the women their first opportunity to race at the 6K distance before regional championships in November.  After alumnus Ryan Udvadia and graduate student Cara Sherman excelled in the open races, Charlie Ragone led the men with a 52-second personal best 24:29.0, the fifth-best performance in program history.  Behind Ragone, five of his teammates finished with season-best performance.  The meet was highlighted by Hannah Reinhardt's third place finish in the women's race.  Her time of 19:44.2 was a personal-best by 45 seconds, and a school record by 36 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 20:20.1 set in 2014 by Silvia Del Fava.  Reinhardt became the first woman to break 20 minutes for 6K.  Behind Reinhardt, Kaylah Quarshie and Kelly Iocca each set new personal-bests over the longer distance, while five of the women experienced their first 6K as Great Danes.
 
Top Returners
Both the Great Danes men and women return their top performers from the 2021 season.  Antonio Beltran and Tess Fitzmaurice were the top finishers for the UAlbany men and women, respectively, in each race they competed last season.
 
Schedule Note
The 2022 UAlbany cross country schedule does not include a home meet.  Traditional held in the middle of October, the Great Danes instead will travel to Van Cortlandt Park for the IC4A and ECAC XC Championships, which moved up a month from its traditional spot on the calendar in November after regional championships.  In electing to attend this meet, the team will have a chance to preview the Northeast Regional XC Championship course, where they will compete in November.
 
Next: UAlbany visits famed Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx for the IC4A and ECAC XC Championships on October 14.