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Pirates Set for Paul Short Run Saturday
September 29, 2023 | Cross Country
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina cross country team will travel to Bethlehem, Pa. for the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh on Saturday morning.
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The Pirates will kick the day off at 11 a.m. with the men toeing the line in the Gold 8K Race while the women compete in the Brown 6K race at 1 p.m.
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"I'm excited to take the team to Lehigh this weekend," said coach Billy Caldwell. "It will give us an opportunity to run against some ranked teams from other regions that we don't see often and will give us a measuring stick against some really good competition. Our group has been working hard the last few weeks and are ready to throw down a good performance that should hopefully be competitive in their respective fields".
The men will be in competition against a huge field including nationally ranked No.7 Villanova, Princeton (RV) and a plethora of regionally ranked opponents. The women will face a quality field of their own including regionally ranked Penn (No. 3 Mid-Atlantic) and Columbia (No. 4 Northeast) among others.
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Last Time Out
The Pirates competed in their second meet of the season at the Adidas XC Challenge hosted by N.C. State on Friday. The Pirate men kicked things off with a fifth-place finish on the 6K course before the women ran to a sixth-place finish over 5K.
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The men's squad was led by Alex Sawyer in 11th with a time of 18:30.6. Sawyer was followed by J Henry Lyon in 19th, Elliott Kleckner in 25th and Ted Sielatycki in 28th. Colin McCauley rounded out the ECU scoring with a 37th-place finish.
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On the women's side, Alyssa Zack led the way with at time of 17:52.6, good for 18th. Hayley Whoolery (36th), Jessica Neal (42nd) and Lily Schlossberg (47th) followed Zack with Allysa Combs rounding out the scoring just behind in 49th.
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Follow ECU XC/TF on Social Media
For more information on the ECU cross country team follow @ECUTFXC on Twitter and Instagram.
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The Pirates will kick the day off at 11 a.m. with the men toeing the line in the Gold 8K Race while the women compete in the Brown 6K race at 1 p.m.
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"I'm excited to take the team to Lehigh this weekend," said coach Billy Caldwell. "It will give us an opportunity to run against some ranked teams from other regions that we don't see often and will give us a measuring stick against some really good competition. Our group has been working hard the last few weeks and are ready to throw down a good performance that should hopefully be competitive in their respective fields".
The men will be in competition against a huge field including nationally ranked No.7 Villanova, Princeton (RV) and a plethora of regionally ranked opponents. The women will face a quality field of their own including regionally ranked Penn (No. 3 Mid-Atlantic) and Columbia (No. 4 Northeast) among others.
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Last Time Out
The Pirates competed in their second meet of the season at the Adidas XC Challenge hosted by N.C. State on Friday. The Pirate men kicked things off with a fifth-place finish on the 6K course before the women ran to a sixth-place finish over 5K.
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The men's squad was led by Alex Sawyer in 11th with a time of 18:30.6. Sawyer was followed by J Henry Lyon in 19th, Elliott Kleckner in 25th and Ted Sielatycki in 28th. Colin McCauley rounded out the ECU scoring with a 37th-place finish.
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On the women's side, Alyssa Zack led the way with at time of 17:52.6, good for 18th. Hayley Whoolery (36th), Jessica Neal (42nd) and Lily Schlossberg (47th) followed Zack with Allysa Combs rounding out the scoring just behind in 49th.
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Follow ECU XC/TF on Social Media
For more information on the ECU cross country team follow @ECUTFXC on Twitter and Instagram.
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