BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Tigers were in fast company Friday afternoon when they placed 33rd in a field of 40 teams at the 36th Annual Brooks Paul Short Run on the Goodman Campus of Lehigh University.
"The race was so big and there were so many runners we couldn't stay together," said Tiger coach Roger Erricker. "We ran a so-so race. Our times were good."
Junior Brandi Gervais finished first for the Tigers, clocking a 22:10 on the 6K course to place 123rd in the field of 363 runners. She was two seconds off her best 6K time.
Junior Lindsay Warfield continues to be impressive for Towson. She shattered her 6K PR by1:37, placing 154th with a time of 22:26. Sophomores Liya Kasimova (170th in 22:36) and Kaylin Gilmartin-Donohue (198th in 22:50) followed.
West Virginia captured the team title, edging the University of Guelph from Ontario, Canada. Shippensburg sophomore Neely Spence took top individual honors, finishing first in 19:58.
The Tigers: Brandi Gervais 123-22:10, Lindsay Warfield 154-22:26, Liya Kasimova 198-22:50, Megan DiGregorio 199-22:50, Katie Ogden 213-22:59, Erika Griffith 254-23:40, Brittni Bradley 346-24:36, Melanie Blanco 348-24:38, Hannah McKenzie 350-24:42.
Team Scores: West Virginia 105, Guelph 127, Indiana 143, N.C. State 153, Cornell 183, Wake Forest 313, Penn 321, James Madison 353, Tennessee 414, Richmond 422, Iona 432, Navy 450, Bucknell 465, La Salle 478, Johns Hopkins 502, Quinnipiac 503, Vermont 516, Dartmouth 518, New Hampshire 529, Duquesne 555, St. Lawrence 572, Marist 577, Shippensburg 581, Appalachian State 607, George Washington 707, Colgate 708, St. Joseph 709, South Florida 713, Delaware 737, Lehigh 750, Army 751, VMI 814, Towson 844, Maryland 854, Lafayette 875, Massachusetts 879, Coastal Carolina 909, Loyola 924, New Jersey 941, Adelphi 1087.
Courtesy: PJ Dunn
