BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College cross country teams were in action on Friday morning at the prestigious Paul Short Run on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem. The Dutchmen had the women's team and some members of the men's team compete in the open races before the meet was unfortunately canceled due to heat prior to the start of the much-anticipated White Race that the rest of the men's team was scheduled to race in.
 
The day began with the men's open 8,000-meter run where LVC had six runners cross the finish line. Ben Graybeal led the way with a time of 28:56.7. Cooper Allred finished next in 30:07.7. Ethan Darlington ran 31:09.8 while Trevor Gipe crossed the line in 31:49.1. Owen Kreider ran 33:09.9 and Michael Royles was right behind him in 33:11.7.
 
The women's open 6,000-meter race had six Dutchmen in it. Charlee Kurtz paced the group with a time of 24:09.6. Jocelyn Saultz finished next in 24:55.4. Caroline Borleis was right behind her in 24:56.5. Nina Milosevic ran 25:44.3 while Christine Wagner crossed the line in 26:21.9 and Grace Buerke finished in 28:56.6. There was no team scoring in either of the open races.
 
The Dutchmen will return to action in a couple weeks on Saturday, October 17. The women's team and some of the men's team will compete at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College. The top men's runners will head to Connecticut for the Connecticut College Invitational at Harkness Park in Waterford Connecticut for what is expected to be a big race against national and regionally ranked competition.

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