BETHLEHEM – Racing for the first time in two weeks, the East Stroudsburg University men's cross country team notched a 42nd place finish at Lehigh's 48th annual Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course.

Running in the competitive men's college brown 8k race, the Warriors were paced by sophomore Brian McGarrity in 215th after clocking a time of 26:04.90, while graduate student Luke Valdevit was two seconds behind in 221st when crossing the line in 26:06.90.

Freshman Landon Boyle went on to take 269th after finishing in 26:32.80, and fellow freshman Emmanuel Gitonga took 311th with a time of 26:59.30.

Senior Camden Shaffer notched ESU's fifth-best finish in 315th with a time of 27:01.20, while sophomore Evan Wooby (368th – 27:52.90) as well as a trio of a freshman in Caleb Peters (393rd – 29:09.60), Andrew Dowdell (398th – 30:12.00) and Justin Walters (400th – 30:32.50) rounded out the race for the Warriors.

Up Next

The Warriors are back on the road next Saturday, Oct. 8 for DeSales Invitational at 10:30 a.m. down in Center Valley.

Results

215. Brian McGarrity – 26:04.90

221. Luke Valdevit – 26:06.90

269. Landon Boyle – 26:32.80

311. Emmanuel Gitonga – 26:59.30

315. Camden Shaffer – 27:01:20

368. Evan Wooby – 27:52.90

393. Caleb Peters – 29:09.60

398. Andrew Dowdell – 30:12.00

400. Justin Walters – 30:32.50