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BETHLEHEM, PA – The University at Buffalo’s men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in the 30^th Annual Paul Short Invitational Run on Saturday at Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus. The UB men placed 18^th among 33 squads with 506 points while the women took 19^th in a field of 32 with 494 points. Georgetown swept the men’s and women’s team titles with 31 and 28 points, respectively.

Andy Wigton

The Bulls picked up season-best times from their runners on Saturday. Andy Wigton (Rochester, NY/Greece-Athena) paced the men with a 25:01.28 clocking for the 8K distance to finish 20^th in a field of 233 runners. The time shaved 35 seconds off his previous season-best (26:25.2) set at last weekend’s Iona Meet of Champions.

Joining Wigton with top finishes for the Bulls in the race were Joel Beatty (Holley, NY/Holley) and Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool). Beatty placed 87^th in the large field with a season-best 25:57.06, bettering his mark 26:48.42 set at the Miami Fall Classic on September 13. McKenna, meanwhile, cut 16 seconds off his best mark, also set at the Miami meet, with a 26:09.31 showing to place 105^th overall. Columbia’s Steve Sundell won the individual title in 24:08.44.

Jenny Koeppel

In the women’s race, junior Jenny Koeppel (Amherst, NY/Amherst) continued her string of top finishes for the Bulls. Koeppel, for the fourth straight meet this season, was the Bulls’ top woman with her 18^th place finish in 21:38.52 in the 6K race that included 224 runners. Koeppel cut nearly a full minute off her time from last week’s Iona Meet of Champions (22:31.1), the only other race that UB’s women have contested at 6K.

Jennifer Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) sliced more than two minutes off last week’s performance with her 22:31.94 showing to take 66^th place. Megan Housel (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) also cut down her season-best time by more than a minute with a 23:17.26 performance to finish 115^th.

Both squads host the UB Open next Saturday (October 11). For the first time in several years, the races will be held off-campus with Grand Island’s Beaver Island State Park serving as the host course. The women’s race is scheduled for 11:00 am with the men’s race to follow at 11:45 am.