BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley men's cross country team had an top-five average time of 27:18 to finish eighth in the White Race at the 49th annual Paul Short Run on Saturday afternoon at Lehigh University.
 
"This was a solid day for our men," head coach James O'Brien had to say about the performance. "We were able to beat St. Vincent head-to-head and they are one spot in front of us in the regional rankings. We also had some really positive things happen in terms of how well we moved up through the field on a muddy day." The Dutchmen placed their top five in the top 100 of the 376-runner race. "I also think it would be fair to say that we were hoping for a little more. I know what I've been seeing at practice and I'm anxious for us to get a few more good workouts in before we compete next at Rowan."
 
Matthew Santana led the team with a time of 26:46.7 to finish 32nd. Sam Rothstein finished 52nd with a time of 27:10.1. Elijah McKell was not far behind him crossing the line in 27:17.9. Joe Chukskie was the fourth Dutchman to finish with a time of 27:34.4 while Donnie Miller finished 93rd with a time of 27:45.8.
 
LVC had 13 runners break 29 minutes and 16 runners break 30 minutes. They finished with 316 points, scoring 24 less than Saint Vincent, who finished 10th. Trinity (Texas) won the race with 74 points followed by Marywood with 122 points and Swarthmore with 153 points.
 
LVC Finishers

PL	NAME	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
32	Matthew Santana	05:23.2	26:46.7	32
52	Sam Rothstein	05:27.9	27:10.1	52
62	Elijah McKell	05:29.5	27:17.9	62
78	Joe Chukoskie	05:32.8	27:34.4	78
93	Donnie Miller	05:35.1	27:45.8	92
124	Lukas Walko	05:39.0	28:05.1	121
130	Alec Di Cesare	05:39.6	28:08.2	127
140	Vinny Ferrizzi	05:40.7	28:13.5
156	Samuel Bower	05:43.4	28:27.1
159	Aden Davis	05:43.7	28:28.6
174	Joseph Pleban	05:46.4	28:42.2
183	Cole Lehman	05:47.3	28:46.7
203	Liam Allen	05:49.9	28:59.5
213	Eric Shelton	05:51.2	29:06.1
227	Ryan O'Byrne	05:53.8	29:18.9
261	Caleb Scarborough	06:01.2	29:55.8
265	Dylan Lenhart	06:02.3	30:01.0
300	Mac Eschinger	06:11.5	30:46.7
351	Trevor Gipe	06:43.8	33:27.6
353	Penn Smith	06:47.4	33:45.3

 
Up Next
The Dutchmen will be off next weekend and then will return to action on Saturday October 14 at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle being held at Gloucester County Dream Park in Logan Township, New Jersey.

Stay Connected
Be sure to follow @lvcathletics on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the most in-depth coverage of LVC athletics.