BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's women's cross country team took part in the Paul Short Run on Saturday afternoon, finishing 12^th out of 43 teams off the back of seven personal bests.
 
ABOUT THE EVENT

• The women competed on an 6K course in the Brown race, the second-highest field in the event.
• St. Joe's finished 12^th out of 43 teams.
• 349 runners spanned across the brown race, 299 runners competing in the open race. Six Hawks competed in the open event.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN'S COLLEGE BROWN 6K)

• Leading the way for the Hawks was a 19^th place finish from Ava Curry, setting a mark of 22:19.8.
• Becca Millar followed just behind in 20^th, her time of 22:22.7 setting a new best time by two seconds.
• Maura Keane continued the trend of bumping persona records, a 15 second bettering of her previous mark with a 23:13.2 finish. Carlyn Segrave-Daly also added a PR with her finish of 23:44.5.
• Katie Sparks rounded out the scoring with a 23:53.2 finish.
• Grace Fennell continues her early start to her career by besting the benchmark she set last time in Legigh, beating the earlier season mark by 18 seconds to a 23:59.9 finish.
• Alyssa Brinsky finished narrowly behind with a 24:00.6 mark.
• Madison Buddenbohn, Taylor Rochon and Payton Kochanski rounded out the event for the Hawks.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (OPEN WOMEN'S 6K)

• Lauren Charboneau led the Hawks in the open field with a 50 second personal best time of 23:33.0 to place 59^th. Carolyn Smith's finish of 23:41.7 also proved a PR by nearly 24 seconds.
• Grace Rudder bested her efforts set here nearly a month earlier after finishing with a time of 23:46.8.
• Quinn O'Brien followed her freshman teammate with a 24:09.6 finish, while Anna Albergo marginally missed out on a new personal best with a time of 24:17.2.
• Samantha Korck ended her morning with a 25:29.4 finish.

 
UP NEXT

• The Hawks return to action on Friday, October 13 in the ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.