Paul Short

Guys:
Here is what I wrote for the Marist Web site (www.goredfoxes.com). Sounds a lot better than it was. More thoughts later in the weekend. Be safe, be smart, tonight.
coach pete

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Senior captain Girma Segni (Bronx, NY) ran a personal-best time of 24:27 for 8,000 meters and placed 31st out of nearly 300 runners in a field stacked with nationally-ranked teams, leading the Marist College men’s cross country team to a 21st-place finish out of 45 teams at the Paul Short Run, held on the campus of Lehigh University Friday afternoon.

It was Segni’s first sub-25:00 for 8K cross country. Two weeks ago, Segni broke the long-time school record at the Van Cortlandt Park 5-mile course.

On Friday at Lehigh, the top six Marist runners all notched 8K personal-best times on the Paul Short course. Senior David Raucci (Clermont, NY) was 105th in 25:12. Graduate student Joe McElhoney (Beacon, NY) was 110th in 25:14, a major personal-best time. Freshman Matt Flint (Queensbury, NY) and sophomore Tim Keegan (Huntington, NY) rounded out the top-5 scoring pack, with times of 25:43 (154th) and 25:47 (165th). Sophomore Nick Webster (Latham, NY) was 175th in a personal-best time of 25:52.

In the non-varsity race, there were several stellar performances as well. Freshman Will Griffin (Columbia, CT) burst on the scene with an 11th-place time of 25:23, which would have cracked him into the varsity scoring pack. It was an improvement of nearly 1:30 over his first 8K race two weeks ago.

In addition, seven other runners finished faster than 27:00 on the 8K course, all personal-best times: Freshman Curtis Jensen (Atlantic Highlands, NJ) 26:03; senior captain John Keenan (Centereach, NY) 26:11; freshman Tom Lipari (Greenvale, NY) 26:28; freshman Brian Townsend (East Setauket, NY) 26:36; sophomore Sam McMullen (Newton, NJ) 26:45; senior Alex Emerel (Holmdel, NJ) 26:53; sophomore Matt Janczyk (Bristol, CT) 26:55.

The top four teams in the meet – Wisconsin, Syracuse, Villanova and Iona – are all nationally ranked. The Red Foxes were 21st with 565 points. Complete team results can be found at www.paulshortxcrun.com

Paul Short Run, Lehigh University

Marist finishers

31. Girma Segni 24:27
105. David Raucci 25:12
110. Joe McElhoney 25:14
154. Matt Flint 25:43
165. Tim Keegan 25:47
175. Nick Webster 25:52
187. Conor Shelley 26:01

JV race

11. Will Griffin 25:23
47. Curtis Jensen 26:03
56. John Keenan 26:11
76. Tom Lipari 26:28
88. Brian Townsend 26:36
96. Sam McMullen 26:45
105. Alex Emerel 26:53
108. Matt Janczyk 26:55
143. Frank Stewart 27:20
185. Trevor Thomas 27:44
190. Zak Smetana 27:49
193. Greg Masto 27:50
200. Kyle Havard 27:27
269. Kris Geist 29:22
273. Mike Holinko 29:29