STORRS, Conn.- UConn cross country continues their season as they travel to Pennsylvania to compete in the 50th annual Paul Short Invite (presented by ASICS) hosted by Lehigh University on Saturday, October 5th. The Huskies competed in this event in 2022, finishing in 13th out of 46 teams.
UConn will look to carry the momentum from a strong team performance at the Spiked Shoe Invitational on September 13th that saw the Huskies place 4th as a team at the meet. Senior Chloe Thomas leads the charge, with hopes to follow up her standout performance that saw her break the Spiked Shoe meet record and win BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week with a time of 19:51.8.
Jenna Zydanowicz also had a strong start to the season, finishing fourth overall at the Spiked Shoe Invite with a time of 20:19.4
Quote from Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Beth Alford-Sullivan:
"We are excited to start up racing again! The team has been training hard and they are hungry to get out and race hard. The Paul Short Invite is in its 50th year and it is always an honor to represent in such an historic competition."
UConn will race in the College Female Gold Race on Saturday at 11:45 A.M., with the full list of teams competing in the race provided in the link at the bottom of this article.
Paul Short Invite
COURSE: Goodman Campus Cross Country Course – Bethlehem, Pa.
START TIME: 11:45 a.m.
RESULTS: Official results will be posted electronically on LehighSports.com/PaulShort. Live results will be available on Leonetiming.com.
https://lehighsports.com/news/2024/9/30/paul-short-run-race-assignments-announced.aspx
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