ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy cross country teams head to Bethlehem, Pa. as Navy takes part in the Paul Short Run hosted on Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Cross Country Course. The College Men's Gold 8K race begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by the College Women's Gold 6K race at 11:45 a.m. Prior to the Gold races, there is a men's open race at 9:30 a.m. with a women's open at 10:15 a.m.
Live results are available via
PTTiming.com.
Meet Participants – College Men's Gold Race
Army, Boston U., Brown, Buffalo, Canisius, Central Michigan, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Fordham, #28 Georgetown, #29 Harvard, Howard, Johns Hopkins, La Salle, Lehigh, Monmouth, NJIT, Navy, Penn, Penn State, Pittsburgh, RPI, Rhode Island, Rio Grande, Rutgers, SUNY Geneseo, Shippensburg, Siena, St. Joseph's (Pa.), Stony Brook, #11 Syracuse, Temple, Texas A&M, UMBC, UMass Lowell, Utah State, (RV) Villanova, Wingate, Yale
Meet Participants – College Women's Gold Race
Army, Boston U., Bowling Green, Brown, Bryant, Central Michigan, Connecticut, Cornell, Dartmouth, Delaware, Elon, Fairfield, Fordham, George Mason, #20 Georgetown, (RV) Harvard, High Point, Howard, Johns Hopkins, La Salle, Lehigh, Longwood, MIT, Maryland, Monmouth, Navy, Penn, #15 Penn State, Pittsburgh, Quinnipiac, Rutgers, Temple, Texas A&M, UMBC, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, Utah State, Villanova, Wingate, Yale
Paul Short Run
The annual Paul Short Run presented by ASICS is once again upon us and is set to be hosted on Lehigh University's Goodman Campus this upcoming weekend. This will be the 51st running of the annual meet.
The Paul Short Run will once again be split up over the course of two days, with high school races taking place on Thursday, October 2 and college races taking place on Friday, October 3. This year, more than 7,000 total athletes will compete, representing over 600 different high schools and colleges. Six high school races will be run on Thursday while eight college races will occur on Friday.
The Paul Short Run is in honor of the late Paul Short who served as Lehigh's Business Manager and Assistant Director of Athletics for 29 years. During his tenure at Lehigh, Short became an avid fan of Lehigh cross country and track and field. He was a 1934 graduate of Lehigh and Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in 2000 who excelled as a football, wrestling, baseball and lacrosse student-athlete.
In 1969, former Lehigh cross country and track and field head coach John Covert organized the meet with just seven teams competing. In 1981, the women joined the Paul Short Run, running a 5K which eventually changed to a 6K in 2000.
Last Time Out (MEN)
In a stacked field that consisted of 24 teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the national poll, Navy completed competition in the Men's 8K Gold race at the seventh-annual Gans Creek Classic at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Mo.
Justin Mumford clocked a time of 23:27.7 to lead the Midshipmen on the day.
Navy finished 28th among the 31 teams that competed. Top-ranked Iowa State won the event with a team-low score of 47. #6 Virginia was second with 107 points with #13 Colorado (126), #11 Alabama (193) and #4 BYU (199) rounding out the top five. #12 Syracuse (229), #15 Butler (237), #14 NAU (239), #9 Wake Forest (311), and #27 Michigan State closed out the top 10.
Mumford, who was competing in his first meet of the season, led the Midshipmen with a time of 23:27.7 to finish 58th among the 237 runners who finished the race.
Max Girardet was second among the Navy runners with a time of 24:11.5, while
Matt Newell clocked a time of 24:18.1 to finish third on the team.
Logan Flament crossed the finish line with a time of 24:21.7 with
Patrick Gandini following with a time of 24:23.3.
Dane Eike (24:35.8) and
James Partlow (24:38.1) closed out the seven counters for the Mids.
Last Time Out (WOMEN)
The Navy women posted a fifth-place finish in the Women's 6K Black race at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. Senior team captain Sophie Compton finished the race at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course with a time of 21:19.2 in her first competition of the fall to lead all Midshipmen with a 25th-place finish among the 236 competitors in the field, while junior Lexi Ensor finished in 38th with a time of 21:34.7.
Stanford won the event with a team-low score of 53. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was second with 142 points with Tulsa five points back with 147. Texas Tech was fourth with 166 points to finish four points ahead of Navy, who rounded out the top five with 170 points.
Competing in her first competition of the season, Compton picked up where she left off during her junior season, leading the Midshipmen with a time of 21:19.2 in the 6K event to finish 25th overall. Ensor was second among the Mids, crossing the line with a time of 21:34.7, while Juliet Frum was Navy's top freshman clocking a time of 21:35.9 to finish third on the squad. Fellow freshman Catalina Simon was fourth on the team with a time of 21:51.1. Seniors Mia-Claire Kezal and Kate Leddy followed with times of 22:05.5 and 22:07.4, respectively. Paige Sheiffele rounded out the Mids' top-seven counters with a time of 22:13.9, while Samantha Woodworth (22:47.2) also competed in the race.
Patriot League Athletes of the Week (Sept. 30, 2025)
The Patriot League announced its weekly cross country awards and Navy had a pair of student-athletes recognized for their efforts at the Gans Creek Classic.
Justin Mumford was named Men's Runner of the Week, while Juliet Frum picked up her second Women's Rookie of the Week honor.
Mumford led the Midshipmen with a time of 23:27.7 to finish 58th among the 237 runners who finished the race. The senior started the race in 148th at the first check point, moving up 90 spots among the elite field of athletes by the finish line.
Frum was Navy's top freshman clocking a time of 21:35.9 to finish third on the squad. She helped lead the Navy women to a fifth-place finish (out of 26 teams) in the Women's 6K Black race of the Gans Creek Classic to finish in 41st among the 236 competitors in the field.
Up Next
The Midshipmen return to action on Saturday, Oct. 18 as the Mids head to West Point, N.Y. for the annual Star Meet, which is part of the overall Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The women are set for 10:15 a.m., while the men are slated for 11:15 a.m. Live results will be available.
