Meet: Paul Short Run
Location: Bethlehem, Pa.  (Goodman Campus Cross Country Course)
Distance: 6k (3.73 miles)

Team Scoring: 1—Central Connecticut 94, 2— Shippenburg 163, 3— George Washington 165, 4— Columbia 166, 5— Rider 189, 6— Middlebury 246, 7- VCU 255, 8- NYU 270, 9— New Hampshire 330, 10—Emory 339
 
The short story: VCU finished in seventh place overall as junior, Nahim Abdallah ran his first race this season after returning from injury. The Rams ran as one as two runners finished in the top 30.

THE FINISH LINE

• Nahim Abdallah finished in 27^th in his first meet of season with a finish time of 25:33.5.
• Junior, Kyle Weldon finished one second behind Abdallah taking 30^th with a time of 25:34.3.
• Junior Kendall Phillips had his best showing at the Paul Short Run finishing in 51^st, crossing the finish line with a time of 25:49.4.
• Freshman Jacob Barrow finished three spots behind Phillips posting a time 25:50. 7 securing 54^th place.
• Junior Jaden Luczak finished in the top 100, finishing in 93^rd of all 400 runners. Luczak crossed the finish line at 26:11.0.
• Last year Luczak finished in 347^th  last year at the Paul Short run.
• The remaining Rams runners: Freshman Cole Dawson (134^th/26:30.1), Sophomore Hudson Barth (148^th/26:36.9), Freshman Jaiden Lockhart (300^th/28:01.7)

HEAR FROM THE RAMS
"The men had a great day at the Paul Short. The course was pretty muddy so our only focus was just staying competitive throughout the race. As always, we were able to learn and grow as a team. The return of Nahim Abdallah was really exciting for us and we can't wait to see how this group performs over these next two races."- Cross Country Coach, Austin Savage
 

UP NEXT

VCU is looking forward to their next race at ECU for the ECU Pirate Invitational on October 14^th.