ABDALLAH, BARTH POST PERSONAL BEST TIMES AT PAUL SHORT RUN
Meet: Paul Short Run (Brown Division)
Location: Goodman Campus Cross Country Course (Lehigh, Pa.)
Distance: 8k (4.98 miles)
Team Scoring: 1— Carnegie Mellon 114, 2- Emory 166, 3- Haverford 187, 4- Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 192, 5- St. Thomas (Minn.) 215, 6- Lynchburg 245, 7- Wagner 248, 8- American 298, 9- Vermont 346, 10- Southern Connecticut State 381, 31- VCU 822
The short story: Sophomore Nahim Abdallah ran a personal best 8k time of 25:17.9 to place 91st and lead the stampede of Rams in the Brown Division race at Paul Short Run.
THE FINISH LINE
- Abdallah's time topped his previous best 8k by 23 seconds.
- Freshman Hudson Barth also set a new personal 8k standard, clocking in at 25:40.5 for the nearly 5-mile race to finish 143rd.
- Sophomore Noah Peterson finished in between Abdallah and Barth at 113th place, and he trekked the 8k course in a time of 25:26, just four seconds off his personal best time at that distance.
- Sophomore Kendall Phillips (235th/26:14.6), freshman Dominic Wilkins (306th/26:55.4), and sophomore Jaden Luczak (347th/27:29.2) also finished the race for the Rams.
"The cross country teams had another strong showing today. We made big strides on both ends, resulting in PRs that will really propel the group forward. We still have pieces to work on, but we're growing more confident and more competitive with every race." -Director of Cross Country Austin Savage
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